The prize pool for this year’s International, the championship tournament for Valve’s PC multiplayer battle arena game Dota 2, has just crossed the $10 million line. For comparison, this means that the payout to the top teams is now more than the prizes for the 2014 Masters golf tournament, which total a meager $9 million. […]

Since the Xbox One launched, the kind of information about you and your friends you could see by going to Xbox.com was very limited. That will soon change, as Microsoft announced today that it’s expanding the site’s functionality to include a number of new features. The new Xbox One Achievements view on Xbox.com As demonstrated […]

GameStop is now accepting Xbox One Kinect cameras for trade-in at stores across the US. The company will pay $32 in cash or $40 if you want store credit, according to store associates we spoke with in Massachusetts and Connecticut. The trade-in program began today, the same day that GameStop kicked off its mega Xbox […]

Swedish developer MachineGames has a “very clear idea” for how it would approach a sequel to last month’s Wolfenstein: The New Order. Speaking with GameSpot sister site Giant Bomb, creative director Jens Matthies said, “We would love to do a sequel. We have a very, very clear idea of what we accomplished with this this, […]

The previously announced Wave Blue PlayStation 4 controller will be available in the United States starting this fall, Sony has announced. There’s still no word, however, on when the Magma Red controller will be available stateside. Currently, both new color configurations are available only in Japan (though you can pay extra to import them if […]

Sony brought its PlayStation 4 virtual reality headset Project Morpheus to E3 earlier this month, allowing attendees to try out the upcoming head-mounted display. Now, Sony has published a video called “Faces of Morpheus” that highlights people’s reactions to using it. Some of the buzzwords Sony uses to describe people’s reactions include, “anticipation,” “trepidation,” “concentration,” […]

An exceedingly rare vinyl copy of Aphex Twin’s officially unreleased album Caustic Window was sold on auction site eBay this week for $46,300. The guy who bought it? That was Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson, a longtime fan of the musician. So I kinda paid a lot for a double LP from the ’90s.. — […]

The votes are in and Boston Bruins center Patrice Bergeron is the cover star for NHL 15, this year’s installment in EA Sports’ professional hockey franchise. After more than 10 million votes, Bergeron beat out Montreal Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban to claim victory. As you might expect, Bergeron is overjoyed at the selection. “Being featured […]

Deep Silver has announced a complete edition of its open-world action game, Saints Row IV. Called the National Treasure Edition, the collection will include Saints Row IV and all released downloadable content packs featuring additional weapons, skins, missions, superpowers, cheats, and vehicles. Saints Row IV: National Treasure Edition is scheduled for a retail and digital […]

Sony has announced that a new system software update for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 consoles will be released “soon”. Version 1.72 for the PS4 and version 4.60 for the PS3 will improve the stability of the system software “during use of some features.” The news was posted on the official PlayStation Twitter account. […]