When I first heard that Nintendo was forgoing a proper press conference this year in lieu of a video presentation, I was worried. I felt like, without the energy of a crowd, without Reggie Fils-Aime’s voice and presence commanding attention in a massive convention hall, there was no way that Nintendo’s E3 presentation could compare […]

Last year was not a great E3 for Microsoft. After an Xbox One reveal that offered a terrible first impression with a comically overdone focus on TV, Sony completely stole the company’s E3 thunder by offering the PlayStation 4 at a lower price, with easy used game sharing, and with no online requirement. But this […]

Microsoft did a decent job this E3, and have made considerable effort to mop up the mess from that disastrous Xbox One unveiling last year. Their conference was tight and lean, throwing out game after game with only the barest minimum of tedious waffle. I applaud Phil Spencer’s direction and leadership since he inherited the […]

Fez creator Phil Fish has announced that his company, Polytron, has partnered with Canabalt developer Finji to present Panoramical, “a digital anthology of musical landscapes with analog controls.” Panoramical is being developed by two indies, Fernando Ramallo and David Kanaga, who’s best known for composing the soundtracks for Dyad and Proteus. They’ve been showing Panoramical […]

Games like Day Z and Rust have proven that smaller developers can make a lot of money on games before they’re even finished, and now bigger publishers and developers are considering taking the same path. Battlefield 4 developer DICE’s general manager Karl Magnus Troedsson recently told Game Informer that the company doesn’t have anything to […]

Examples of microtransactions in full-priced games are not hard to find. DICE’s Battlefield 4 lets you pay $50 to unlock every gun and upgrade, while Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto Online–the multiplayer mode for Grand Theft Auto V–lets you use real-world money to buy in-game cash. This practice is becoming more and more commonplace (probably […]

Microsoft’s Phil Spencer, who heads up gaming for the company, has explained why Windows efforts didn’t factor into Microsoft’s press conference earlier this week at E3. “E3’s a retail show,” Spencer told Polygon. “It’s a retail show, it’s a console show, so it didn’t really feel like the right place for us to talk about […]

THQ is back, but in name only: Nordic Games has acquired the defunct publisher’s trademark and will use it to publish games, Polygon reports. THQ, which was once one of the biggest publishers in the industry, filed for bankruptcy in December 2012 and then had its assets auctioned off early last year. Among the winners […]

With E3 behind us, we’ve now gotten a look at many of the games coming later this year (or, in many cases, 2015 and beyond). With a few exceptions, like Entwined, Dead Rising 3’s DLC, and the Destiny alpha, the event hasn’t left you with anything more to play right now–and that’s where the GOG […]

Bungie’s upcoming shooter Destiny launches September 9 across Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and PlayStation 4, but it sounds like another platform–PC–could be added in the future. Speaking with Polygon, Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg acknowledged that Destiny sets up very well for PC, and even admitted that the publisher is having significant discussions […]