Need to renew that Xbox LIVE subscription? You could do far worse than getting it through Walmart. The chain is offering one year of Xbox LIVE membership and a “select” game for $79, with shipping costing just $1.97. With this sort of deal, “select game” typically means “lump...

Electronic Arts’ Chief Financial Officer Eric Brown believes that Star Wars: The Old Republic has the potential to run for at least ten years. He also claims that the MMO won’t depend on millions of subscribers. Speaking at the UBS Annual Media and Communications Conference in New York, he...

You’d think that James Bond, what with being an international super-spy and all, would be the subject of more stealth-based games. But most of his past forays into interactive entertainment have erred more towards the “shooter” end of the spectrum. No longer, though, as Activision-owned...

In a somewhat peculiar move that some might call a desperate bid to hold on to their former market supremacy, Sony have launched an HD Bravia TV featuring the guts of a PlayStation console. Awesome, you might think, especially if you haven’t yet joined the HD brigade and were thinking about planting...

Microsoft are pretty pleased with themselves right now, what with 2.5 million Kinects having been sold and all. Sony, understandably, are keen to prove that they’re not playing second fiddle to Microsoft. Because buttons are better, after all. Right? Well, the fact that Sony’s...

PlayStation 3 owners are understandably excited about the impending opportunity to play one of the best games of the year just passed: Mass Effect 2. But details have been somewhat thin on the ground. Many have questioned exactly how the branching storyline will be handled, given that the original Mass...

The Witcher was one of the best PC RPGs in recent years. Featuring a memorable protagonist, great graphics, an engrossing story and gameplay that was fun and engaging, fans have been clamoring for a return to Geralt’s world ever since. (Also, there were boobies.) Today, publisher CD PROJEKT RED has...

Prince of Persia is one of gaming’s longest-running series. During the last console generation, the series was successfully reimagined with 3D gameplay and a number of excellent new twists on the platforming formula. Now, those three games are set to make a triumphant return to PSN. Prince of...

It’s a sad day for game developers today, as Activision’s UK-based studio, Bizarre Creations, is rumored to have been completely shut down this afternoon. Studio sources told Develop that the team, who developed the Project Gotham Racing series along with Geometry Wars, Blur and the recent Blood...

Gaming is an expensive hobby at times. With new titles launching at $60, the truly committed fan who always wants the latest, greatest games on their shelf needs to have deep pockets. Even deeper if you also include the steadily-increasing flow of DLC to “enhance” new games. THQ is interested...