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+]

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+]

Good news, everyone! According to a post today from The Verge, Microsoft is axing its Microsoft Points system with the launch of the new Xbox. In its place, The Verge's anonymous sources tell us, the organization will be implementing a credit/debit card system coupled with a 'gift card'... [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+]

All’s been a bit quiet on the Sonic the Hedgehog front lately. SEGA has kept relatively mum about the future of its spiky blue critter, only hinting at big things to come in  2013, while the only games that have come out since Sonic 4: Episode 2 are iOS Sonicfications of Doodle Jump... [more+]

Battlefield developer DICE is going west. Today, it was revealed that EA is opening a new DICE studio in Los Angeles. The plan, the Wall Street Journal reports, is to pull from the LA area’s “extreme talent pool” for the development of new Star Wars games, the publishing rights for... [more+]

1666, a game we still know next to nothing about, has been suspended indefinitely by Ubisoft after the departure of Patrice Desilets. The title, which was under development at THQ Montreal, came under Ubisoft's umbrella of titles when they recently acquired the developer. The game was originally... [more+]

Grand Theft Auto V, you cheeky. I wouldn’t be surprised if scores of your fans are now weeping despondently because of you. This morning, Take-Two Interactive, parent company of Rockstar and 2K Games, confirmed that the highly-anticipated new installment in the controversial saga of unrestrained... [more+]

Twitch.tv, one of the most popular livestreaming video game video services on the net, today announced the launch of an application for the Xbox 360. Xbox LIVE Gold subscribers in the U.S. will be able to watch the top 300 live channels. In addition, they can browse by channel, by game, and by featured... [more+]

If you happen to be waiting eagerly for The Bureau: XCOM Declassified, you should be happy to know that there are new details for you to gnaw on between now and the game’s release on August 20 (or August 23 depending on where you live). Sporting gameplay that has been likened to Gearbox’s... [more+]

Bungie has dropped new information about its first post-Halo shooter, Destiny, providing a slew of information on the playable classes in the game and the setting it takes place in. For starters, the update reveals more about the mysterious planetoid known simply as the Traveler. Centuries before... [more+]

Resident Evil 6 has once again failed to meet Capcom's sales projections. Originally, the publisher predicted the game would sell seven million copies. In February, when it became clear that wasn't likely to happen, it revised its projection again down to five million. It failed to meet even... [more+]

Capcom today announced that a demo for the upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations will be launching May 14 on Xbox LIVE, Wii U eShop, Steam, and the PlayStation Network. All it would say about the demo, aside from its release date, is that it's going to give players a glimpse inside "the claustrophobic... [more+]

Looking forward to the Star Wars games that EA will be creating as part of the exclusive publishing deal it made with Disney? Don’t get too excited now, for we still have to wait a good while more before we see said deal yield fruit. EA addressed the question of when the new SW games will be... [more+]

Violent video games have come under a great deal of fire in the wake of the Newtown shooting; perhaps they serve as a fitting scapegoat for men and women trying to make sense of a senseless tragedy.  Whatever the reason, they've been subjected to a considerable degree of scrutiny ever since... [more+]