For months, Ghost Games (formally known as EA Gothenburg) was believed to be at work on a game in the Need for Speed series. That was confirmed today, when EA announced Need for Speed Rivals, a new game being developed for release on current-gen and next-gen consoles this year. Created in collaboration... [more+]

After stumbling big time with the initial launch, Square Enix is getting ready to do right by the fans and give them the Final Fantasy XIV they deserve with FF XIV: A Realm Reborn, which will launch for PC and PlayStation 3 on August 27. In addition to the date and a Collector’s Edition... [more+]

Square Enix of America's president and CEO today tendered his resignation after almost three years at the company. Polygon reports that Fischer departed the company on good terms, and has since taken up a position as Amazon Japan's vice president of digital music and video. Fischer joined... [more+]

Rockstar Games today released the details of the Collector's Edition and Special Edition of Grand Theft Auto V, both of which are now available for pre-order from participating retailers.  The Special Edition Includes:  A full retail copy of Grand Theft Auto V.  A collectible... [more+]

Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment today announced that the "Komplete" edition of NetherRealm Studios Mortal Kombat will be available for digital download on PC July 3. A boxed retail edition will also launch starting August 2 in Europe and August 6 in North America. It will be developed... [more+]

Everybody wants in on the MOBA business, and EA is evidently no exception. Last week, the publisher opted to announce its very own addition to the genre, titled Dawngate. Developed by the previously unknown developer Waystone Games, Dawngate supposedly places a considerable emphasis on character... [more+]

Good news, everyone! We may yet see Star Wars Battlefront 3! At least, according to Electronic Arts CFO Blake Jorgensen, who today teased that the publisher may well have the title in development. Jorgensen dropped the hint while speaking at the Stifel 2013 Technology Conference.  "The... [more+]

Hey, remember Deathstroke, that DC Comics assassin who will be going toe-to-toe with the Dark Knight in Batman: Arkham Origins? Turns out he will be playable when the game comes out later this year. This was first suggested by the discovery yesterday of an Amazon offering, giving the character as DLC... [more+]

According to Polygon, mobile game developer, publisher, and service provider DeNA will be publishing 22Cans' next game, known as Godus.  Godus is billed by Molyneux as a god-style mobile game which serves as the spiritual successor to Molyneux's earlier title Populous. The immensely... [more+]

Quick, if someone has started making calendars for the year 2015, buy one and mark the Twenty-Second of May, for that is when “Assassin’s Creed: The Movie” is set to release. Meaning we are now only two years and two days away from watching Old World folk getting stabbed in the throat... [more+]

The NPD Group yesterday released its report for the month of April, and things look a touch grim at the moment. Partially due to a lack of compelling new software or IPs (and the fact that Easter was in March this year), game sales overall dropped by 25% compared to the numbers from last year, totalling... [more+]

Here's some exciting news from the Russian Game Development Conference KRI 2013. Obsidian Entertainment and Mail.ru, the team behind Allods Online, have announced a new partnership which will see the two team up to develop Skyforge, an MMO originally announced back in May 2012 under the Allods... [more+]

Feel E3’s too mainstream? Looking for something with a more alternative flavor? Venus Patrol, the website "in search of beautiful things from the world of video games," has you covered, as it will be hosting a press conference of its own. Next month, during the last day of E3, Venus... [more+]

Here's a rather interesting update from Valve. The other day, we caught wind of some buzz that the developer was flirting with a profile redesign for its members. Today, they came forward with information on what it was all about: trading cards. Digital trading cards. You get them by playing games.  I... [more+]

Over the last few years, the Online Pass system that popped up in more and more games has earned a serious amount of flak for how it locked online features to a one-time code. EA was a notable offender in this regard, but now it looks like the publisher is finally doing away with its Online Pass program. VentureBeat... [more+]