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Murdered: Soul Suspect is proof of the old adage, “you can’t keep a good cop down, even when you put roughly half a dozen slugs in his chest, because that dude will turn into a ghost that smokes ghost cigarettes.” We … may have embellished that a little bit. While...

That turkey is still out there. Oh, I know he’s still out there. Gobbling. Laughing at me in the dark as I struggle to build a fire and actually feed myself on Day 3. To hell with you, turkey! We’re coming back in there, giants or no giants, and we...

Ubisoft sold four million copies of Watch Dogs in the game’s first week at retail, the publisher announced today. The game is now Ubisoft’s “best-selling game ever in week one,” according to its internal sales estimates. Watch Dogs launched last Tuesday for PS4, Xbox One, PS3, Xbox 360 and PC....

Valve made an appearance at last week’s Boston VR Bender event, showing off an updated version of its in-development VR technology to attending developers. Captured images show a new prototype of Valve’s polka-dotted VR headset, which likely features a new method of precise positional tracking, according to VR Focus. A...

  A new video of what’s claimed to be the Battlefield: Hardline beta has surfaced. Before EA steps in to block it, check out what appears to be the game’s empty world, featuring the familiar Battlefield interface and player’s inability to fly a helicopter. Seriously, the way you know this...

This year’s lineup of blockbuster games is on the wane, with Batman: Arkham Knight making a high-profile exit into 2015. The Arkham series, which has mainly been a product of Rocksteady Studios and the matching realization that Batman games don’t have to be robot-punching slogs through Gotham’s sewers, is set...

Crytek’s second unveiling in as many days is Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age, a four-player action game that combines the prosperous industrialization of the late 19th century with pistols, crossbows and a likely bestiary of beasties. Also noteworthy is the developer, Crytek USA, the studio largely formed by ex-employees...

Murdered: Soul Suspect makes a bold choice right from the start by favoring information over action. It’s unusual to play as a street-smart detective and not have to worry about aiming, reloading, or even how to throw a punch, instead focusing your efforts on stepping back and thinking about your...

While Fable Anniversary was previously exclusive to Xbox 360 owners, a clamoring cacophony of Fable fans has apparently persuaded Lionhead and Microsoft to bring the HD remake of the 2004 Xbox game to Steam. When and for how much, however, are tales yet to be told.

Double Fine’s adventure game Broken Age is now available on the Ouya microconsole, bringing two of Kickstarter’s highest-earning gaming projects together at last in holy crowdfunded union. Broken Age earned over $3.3 million when it turned to Kickstarter’s crowdfunding platform for support, later expanding its scope for a split release....