Ryan Matsunaga
A half a million dollars will be on the line later this month for competitive Halo 4 players. 343 Industries has announced that it will be hosting a $500,000 competition for the game, with $200,000 going to the winner.
The annual Xbox Live Ultimate Game Sale starts today. The week long promotion will feature some hefty discounts on a number of Xbox 360 titles. All of them will be available through the Xbox Live storefront, although each day will feature a new set of deals.
Saints Row 4 recently made Australian history by becoming the first game to be banned in the country following the introduction of the R18+ rating. Due to the use of alien drugs and an "anal probe" weapon, the game was denied classification, effectively preventing it from being sold in Australia.
Ubisoft is recommending that users change their account information due to a recent hack that accessed a number of usernames, email addresses, and encrypted passwords.
An update on the PlayStation blog has gone live, revealing the incoming PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection titles. PlayStation Plus members will soon be able to download Battlefield 3 for free beginning on July 2, along with two week long "Summer Blast" sales.
Nintendo has lost a claim it filed with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) earlier this week, disputing the ownership of the WiiU.com domain name.
Microsoft has officially revealed Defense Grid: The Awakening as the first title to be made available by the Games With Gold promotion. The game will be available to Xbox Live Gold members for free between now and July 15.
Don Mattrick, the now ex-president of Xbox, is leaving Microsoft to become the new CEO of Zynga.
There's a new bit of SimCity DLC out today, and it's not a product tie in! Unfortunately, this also means that it's not free.
Microsoft and Sony will be entering a new generation of consoles later this year, joining Nintendo's Wii U in what is being called the next "console war." They aren't the only ones though, the Ouya launched earlier this week, selling out in less than a day, and even Mad Catz and NVIDIA are trying their hand at console development.
According to research by Chart-Track, the Xbox 360 is just days away from overtaking the Nintendo Wii as the UK's best-selling console of this generation. Recent sales figures show that the 360 is regularly outselling its rivals, and with 8.4 million units already sold, analysts are confident in calling its victory over the Sony PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii.
Robot Entertainment is the studio behind games like Orcs Must Die!, Age of Empires Online, and Hero Academy. However, they're not just about making great games, as it turns out, they're also a group of pretty stellar people.
Sony already had the edge going into E3, but what really sealed the deal for them was the announcement of a $399 launch price. A full $100 less than the Xbox One, the PlayStation 4 received a near-standing ovation during Sony's E3 press conference. New info has recently come to light though that this price tag wasn't always the plan.
Many games these days launch with one or more DLC additions immediately available. That wasn't the case BioShock Infinite though, and for those who had purchased a Season Pass, it's been a long, long wait to see what that would have in store.
The fundraising campaign for the upcoming space simulator game Star Citizen has broken the record for the number one crowdfunded project of all time. The game, from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts, shot past the Pebble Watch's previous record, landing at $10,720,717, with the campaign still ongoing.
