We thought we knew a lot about what was coming at today's Xbox One announcement. But there's at least one phenomenal surprise that the internet was able to keep it's mouth shut about: The Halo series is making its way to a living room near you—but in the form of a television series. And Spielberg's directing. They've said it's going to be a premium, Game of Thrones-style thing. Gulp. Read More >>
Microsoft claims that the new Kinect is so sensitive that it can see the slightest movement of your wrists and fingers, the tension of your muscles and, amazingly enough, even your heartbeat. Read More >>
It's been eight years and nine days since Microsoft showed the world the Xbox 360 on May 12th, 2005. Today, we see what's next. The Xbox One. Read More >>
After seeing that annoyingly blurry teaser from Sony the other day, one Redditor decided to try and conceptualise what the full thing will look like from the brief flashes in the video. This is the result, and it doesn't look far off what you'd expect from a PS3 follow-on. Read More >>
We didn't get to see the PS4 at Sony's big reveal event a few months ago, but with the NextBox announcement right around the corner (read: tomorrow), Sony's showing off a sneak peek to get us all riled. It's hard to make out much of anything other than the vague shape of the thing, but it's better than nothing. Can you make out anything cool? Read More >>
Microsoft's official internet mouthpieces are all champing at the bit to tell us that they know something we don't, with MS exec Aaron Greenberg claiming we'll see plenty of exclusive games on the machine -- and a release this Christmas. Read More >>
Featured comment by Glenbot3000:
"I've played halo a LOT and to my knowledge there's very little modding/hacking. there's a lot of glitches in gears, granted, but for the most part, wh..." More »
Stealing cars has never been what you'd call realistic in GTA. I mean, yeah, it has you pulling people out of moving vehicles and all that jazz, but when have you ever seen a smashed window? Well, you have now. Read More >>
It's time for yet another one of Google's aweomeChrome experiments. This one's a Scaletrix-like slot racer. All you need is Chrome on a phone or tablet and you're good to go. Race on a massive track with up to five friends across five different-sized devices. It's a blast. Read More >>
Featured comment by Josh:
"So I went to try it, worked fine on my S2 (although heated it up lots) but couldn't actually play with anyone because none of their phones were "fast ..." More »
Featuring a colossal 1,200 real-life cars, 33 tracks, and even Silverstone for those wanting to do a few laps of our iconic circuit, Gran Turismo 6 will hit the PS3 by Christmas this year. The best driving game looks like it's back with a vengeance. Read More >>
PC gaming saviour Valve is launching an odd card collection and swapsie system it calls Steam Trading Cards, designed to encourage gamers to play older titles to earn virtual cards to collect and eventually trade for in-game items. Read More >>
Featured comment by soothsayer36:
"the eula has not been tested in court and would likely fail and come on who the hell reads 10 pages of legal stuff when they want to play a game .. an..." More »
Gaming on Android just got a way more legit. Google's just announced its new "Play Games" app and service which comes with a whole bunch of features from achievements to leaderboards, and even cloud saves. Read More >>
One of the best things about Rockstar's previous GTA outings has always been the great characters you get to romp around the city as. You don't always love them, but they always add meat to the carnage you unfold on all the unsuspecting street-dwellers. Here's the three you'll be playing in GTA V. Meet Michael, Franklin and Trevor. Read More >>
Featured comment by Cnr_22:
"Carrying on with this, Trevor looking a tiny bit like Niko Bellic and Micheal looking a tad like Tommy Vercetti
I need to play this now :-)" More »
We've got Ouya for the home, but what about serious gaming on the go? Nvidia wants to beat Sony and Nintendo at their own game with the Android-powered Tegra 4-packing Shield. But will you really buy it for about £240ish, or the price of a Nexus 4? Read More >>
A newly released version of Google's background code that operates the Play Store on Android devices has been pulled apart, revealing that the company's previously un-hacked gaming portal is set to launch under the name Google Play Games. Hopefully later this week, too. Read More >>