Take-Two Interactive’s Corporate Communications VP Alan Lewis recently told Gamasutra that the company is working to “introduce at least one new IP” every year. The theory being that the new intellectual property may not be the biggest hit out of the ranch gate (hey, Red Dead Revolver), but will eventually grow into a blockbuster franchise [...]

Back in May, we kicked around the idea of reversing gears after our series on “The 25 most evil achievements,” and today I’d like to start the first in our series on … well, I had trouble naming it. “Most fun achievements” is a bit awkward. “Best achievements?” Probably too vague, especially because we could [...]

The latest Cataclysm screenshot from Blizzard is shown above, featuring a look at … the identical twin of Black Temple’s High Warlord Naj’entus. “Intruders of the aquatic realm, seekers of the secrets of the deep, he comes for you,” so sayeth the official Warcraft Twitter account.
Over the weekend and through the Patch 3.3.5 hustle [...]

The latest Cataclysm screenshot from Blizzard is shown above, featuring one of the first officially released looks at the Twilight Highlands. It’s good to know grass rooftops are going to be back in style this fall.
If you’ve missed any of the previous Cataclysm screenshots of the day or you want to see a high-res version [...]

Dawntide’s open beta phase continues to move forward, and the developers at Working as Intended have posted two updates on the official website this week to keep fans of the sandbox title apprised of the situation. First up is a general status report from Ronin that summarizes where the current beta build is and where [...]

There’s a lot riding on NBA Elite 11. Now that EA has decided to retire its NBA Live series — which graced consoles for the last 15 years — and completely overhaul its game engine, it’s hoping to reclaim the throne it lost to the NBA 2K series so many years ago.
The first change [...]

As we get closer to the release of StarCraft II on July 27, the anticipation for the upcoming sci-fi RTS sequel from Blizzard seems to be getting more and more palatable in South Korea, where the original StarCraft is a hugely popular professional sport. Fan site StarCraft Legacy reports that there will be a major [...]

As you probably already know, Sonic the Hedgehog turns 19 years old this week. As a celebration for Sega’s mascot’s one-year anniversary of being able to buy pornography, smoke and vote, a number of Sonic titles and DLC for said titles have had their prices reduced for one week only. Check out these offers, as [...]

Mandy Madrox has sent into the wild her first WoW machinima, called Druid Heals. The video and song is an obvious parody on Lady Gaga’s Pokerface, which is a piece of music that’s come up in machinima before now. The video looks pretty nice for this parody; I was impressed with the depth [...]

Fans of good old fashioned war games on the PC might want to pay more attention to GoG.com these days. The DRM-free PC game download service seems to be expanding its reach in that genre by re-releasing some of the games from the now defunct Strategic Solutions brand (now owned by Ubisoft).
Today the site has [...]

For some odd reason some game publishers like to have a financial analyst conference call during E3 2010. One of the companies that did so was THQ. During its conference call publisher execs managed to confirm a sequel to one of their best selling 2010 titles.
That title is Darksiders, the third person action game from [...]

Just playing a guitar isn’t hard: you buy a guitar, look at a book to learn a few chords, practice putting your fingers in the right places, and strum away at a song. But playing a guitar professionally is very hard; it takes time and practice and dedication. Likewise, Rock Band is a good time: [...]

Ah, the Tuk Tuk. Almost universally recognized as the most useless vehicle of all time in regards to its implementation in video games. (You ever try to rack up a huge crash score while driving a Tuk Tuk in Burnout 3? It is impossible.) Avalanche, however, recently gave the poor, pod-shaped vehicle a facelift with [...]

Capcom announced that Resident Evil: Revelations, the 3DS survival horror game, uses the same MT Framework engine that powers console games like Lost Planet 2 and Resident Evil 5. According to Capcom, the engine delivers stereoscopic visuals and “graphical quality comparable to consoles.”
You can judge for yourself in the trailer below. Of course, since it [...]

Welcome to another edition of the WoW.com Weekly Comic, Byron the Tauren Rogue!
Someone seems to be enjoying this far too much, or so it would seem. Others are having a much more difficult time stomaching the unfolding violence… Check out the full version right here, and tune in next Tuesday morning for a new page. [...]