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Valve has officially announced today the first downloadable content for its puzzle-platform hit Portal 2. The add-on will feature "new test chambers for players, leaderboards, challenge mode for single and multiplayer modes, and more." The announcement...

Video game giant Activision has made another statement concerning the Guitar Hero franchise, saying that "the brand won't go away," even if the publisher is not planning a new title for the near future. Speaking in...

The first details on the next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack have leaked via GAME Australia. As reported by Destructoid, the next map pack, dubbed the "Escalation Pack," will feature five new maps...

Online hacktivist group Anonymous has set it sights on Sony in retaliation for the company's legal pursuit of two PlayStation 3 hackers. This marks a continuation of Operation Payback, which first gained momentum after targeting...

A recent rating by the Australian Classifications Board hints at what could be the next game in Criterion's Burnout series. The listing for "Burnout Crash," first turned up on the ratings bodys' website Friday, mentioning...

Amazon UK has revealed that the soon-to-be-released Nintendo 3DS has become its most pre-ordered console of all time. The online retailer has also slashed the price of the handheld to £187, down from £197. As reported...

Speaking at this week's Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, Valve announced plans for a "big picture" mode for its Steam digital distribution platform. Speaking briefly about the forthcoming feature, the Seattle firm said that it...

More bad news for video game developers and publishers. According to the folks over at Destructoid, reports are coming in that a pre-release version Killzone 3 has surfaced on torrent sites nearly 10 days before...

With the launch of the official website for Electronic Arts and DICE's Battlefield 3, the first details have started to trickle forth on the highly-anticipated title. So far, it appears that the game is shaping...

A number of Call of Duty: Black Ops gamers were in for a big surprise this week after a recent PlayStation 3 update banned players for hacking or cheating. As reported by VideoGaming247, Sony released...

After announcing at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo that the PlayStation 3 edition of Portal 2 would support Steamworks; Valve today revealed exactly what that will entail. As reported by VideoGaming247, the PlayStation 3 version of...

Orb Networks is expanding its list of compatible devices with the introduction of Orb BR (Blu-ray) software. First announced at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the new software essentially turns a...

U.S. video game retailer GameStop has its tentacles wrapped pretty tightly around most of the video game industry, the exception being downloadable content sold after a title is released. That will all change early next...

Despite the furor from PC gamers towards Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Treyarch has stated that the inclusion of dedicated servers in Call of Duty: Black Ops wasn't something that the studio spent a...

As reported by IGN, data from video game retailer GameStop indicates that pre-orders for Treyarch's upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops could be poised to top its predecessor, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. "GameStop is...

For a while, it seemed that World of Warcraft had been stuck at around 11.5 million subscribers. Blizzard Entertainment announced today that World of Warcraft has finally reached more than 12 million subscribers around the...

XKCD artist Randall Monroe has updated his Map of Online Communities to reflect how the volume of social activity has changed around the Internet since the original map was created back in 2007. The massive map...

Motorola, one of the major telephone handset makers, has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission accusing Apple of violating 18 patents. In an announcement on the Motorola website, the company said that...

According to Kotaku, Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Black Ops will feature support for stereoscopic 3D visuals on 3D-ready HDTVs and Nvidia 3D Vision-ready PCs that use active shutter 3D glasses. The first-person shooter's...

Francis, Zoey, Bill and Louis are back in an all-new, zombie-infused campaign. "The Sacrifice" tells the story of the last Left 4 Dead 2 expansion, "The Passing", from the perspective of the original survivors. Players...

After the U.S. military announced a ban on sales of the game at its bases, Electronic Arts has decided to remove a controversial feature in its forthcoming Medal of Honor title that allowed gamers to...

In a much-anticipated move, Blizzard has added a full opt-out option to its Real ID service, which will span across all of its enabled games - currently World of Warcraft and StarCraft II, and likely...

It's official: the undead are rising once more for Call of Duty: Black Ops. As reported by Computer and Video Games, Treyarch announced today that the popular zombie feature is back, confirming what it calls...

Google announced today the ability to disable Gmail's email threading (conversation view) feature. Conversation view has been one of its most hotly debated features since the service launched in 2004. With more corporations and large organizations...

At a Tokyo press briefing, Nintendo announced that its new 3DS handheld will release in Japan on February 26, 2011 for ¥25,000 (approximately $300). The device will then land in the US and Europe in...

According to Develop, Sony has begun distributing PlayStation Portable 2 development kits to a number of key studios throughout the video game industry. The handheld appears to have received a much-needed hardware upgrade, with sources...

With Kinect's November launch looming, a brand new set of TV ads have been released to advertise the webcam-style peripheral. As reported by VideoGaming247, Microsoft has kicked the device's marketing drive into top gear, in...

Having received much criticism over its lack of support for the PC and the Games for Windows Live service, Microsoft Games Studios' Dave Luehmann is now saying that the company should be putting more resources...

As Facebook becomes the fastest-growing social gaming platform, the company came by unique challenges that continue to follow its growth. The platform-holder has had to balance the needs of game developers who depend on exposure...

Activision has joined a growing list of media, research and other groups opposing a proposed law that would ban the sale or rental of video games to minors in the state of California. Making a...

Coming after his prediction last week that Kinect will "blow away" iPad sales, Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda expressed his opinion on the current state of PC gaming. Speaking in an interview with Game Informer, the Kinect...

In a move of confidence, Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda expressed his opinion on Kinect sales saying that the webcam-style peripheral will "blow away" the iPad. Speaking in an interview with Gamasutra at the Tokyo Game Show,...

Sony unveiled its latest Japanese hardware lineup earlier today at the 2010 Tokyo Game Show. One of the more striking models at the Sony booth was the classic white 320GB PlayStation 3. As seen on the...

Commuters can now use Bing Maps to find transit routes around major metropolitan areas in the United States and Canada. The announcement was first made today on the official Bing Blog. The transit directions will initially...

While the international gaming community may be spread across multiple continents and platforms, complete strangers were recently able to put aside their differences and unite towards a common goal of kindness. The wife of video game...

Just when PC gamers thought that they had reclaimed the Call of Duty series, they learned on Friday that they had been let down once again. As reported by IGN, Activision and Treyarch announced an...

The wonders of Middle-earth can now be accessed for free. Following in the footsteps of its fantasy MMO predecessor Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited, developer Turbine Entertainment has opened the gates to Lord of...

The NPD Group, the top game-industry research firm has released figures of the total amount spent on video game products in the United States during August. The company has revealed that U.S. consumers shelled out...

Casey Hudson, Mass Effect Project Director, has revealed some interesting statistics about the RPG sequel Mass Effect 2. BioWare, like many other developers, collects data anonymously to observe in-game player behavior. BioWare placed various hooks into...

In a move to regain the trust of the PC gaming community, Treyarch has expressed an interest in dedicated servers for Call of Duty: Black Ops, and most recently announced that the game will be...