Articles Tagged with video games

Beyonce Settles $100 Million Video Game Lawsuit

Beyonce Gate Five

Beyonce reportedly settled a $100 million lawsuit over a video game deal gone sour. The singer backed out of a deal to create a dance game with the folks at Gate Five. Although the parties originally wanted to work together on the project, Beyonce’s alleged demand for more money ultimately derailed everything. According to Billboard,… Read more »

PlayStation 4: Prototype Controller Revealed [Picture]

PlayStation 4 prototype controller revealed

The PlayStation 4 prototype controller has been revealed, confirming the touchpad interface among other updates. There’s a lot of things on the controller that ring of familiarity as well as some new and interesting features. The directional pad on the left, for one, seems to showcase bigger buttons that sit closer together than those on… Read more »

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi Defends Video Games

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi defends video games

Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi is doing something most politicians don’t. She’s defending video games. Nancy Pelosi believes that better gun laws will prevent violence, not censorship of mainstream media. In an era when politicians are using video games as scapegoats for real-world violence, it’s quite refreshing to see one actually defend them. On Fox News Sunday,… Read more »

‘Medal Of Honor: Warfighter’ Website Removes Gun Store Links

Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts (EA) has reportedly removed all links to gun shops from the official Medal of Honor: Warfighter website. Although logos and descriptions associated with the weaponry remain, the links are no longer working. BBC News explains the decision to remove the content from the EA website was likely a response to the National Rifle… Read more »

Gamers End Of The World Confessions: Ooops, We Are Still Here

Gamers Share Their Misdeeds Before The World Ends

Thanks to our good friends at Kotaku and writer, Patricia Hernandez, we thought you might enjoy the end of the world confessions from gamers around the planet. Fortunately, the world did not end on Friday and we can continue to play our favorite games. However, the folks who posted their final confessions might wish they… Read more »

The Inquisitr’s First Annual Video Game Awards

The Inquisitr's First Annual Video Game Awards Winners

Today, Monday, December 17, 2012 is a special occasion for gamers everywhere. Today is the day we announce The Inquisitr’s First Annual Video Game Awards and everyone here is excited. Yet our joy is tinged with sadness over the tragedy that shocked our nation and the world on Friday in Newtown, Connecticut. A troubled young… Read more »

GameStop Plans To Close 200 Stores By Next Year

GameStop

GameStop is planning to close roughly 200 stores by next year, according to Business Insider. The company is the largest video game retailer in the world. Reports indicate that the company has been hit hard by the rise in mobile gaming. Since many people can play games such as Angry Birds on their phones for… Read more »

New Video Game Releases For The Week Of October 22, 2012

New Videos Game Released For the Week Of October 22, 2012

Quality, not quantity is the the emphasis for the new video games released during the week of October 22 to October 28, 2012. While the week is not marked by the flood of new titles gamers have been treated to in weeks past, there are a couple of big name titles making their debut this… Read more »

Play ‘Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim’ And Earn College Credit At Rice University

Earn College Credit By Playing Elder Scrolls V

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be the feature attraction of a new college course being offered next semester at one of America’s leading institutions of higher learning; Rice University. The course, titled Scandinavian Fantasy Worlds: Old Norse Sagas and Skyrim will be available to third year English students. Successful completion of the material will earn… Read more »

New Game Releases For The Week Of October 1 to October 7, 2012

New Video Games For The Week Of October 1 To October 7

Gamers can expect some genuine excitement during the first week of October 2012 with the release of an outstanding selection of new video games in the United States, Europe, and Japan. Topping the charts in the USA are Resident Evil 6 andNBA 2K13 while, in Europe, Dragon Ball Z and Just Dance 4 are two… Read more »

BioWare Co-Founders Greg Zeschuk And Ray Muzyka Announce Their Retirement

Bioware Co-Founders Retire

Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka, the gentlemen responsible for founding the video game company BioWare back in 1995, have officially announced their retirement from the industry, Joystiq reports. After spending almost two decades creating some of the most memorable role-playing games in history, Muzyka and Zeschuk are biding farewell to gamers across the globe. Both… Read more »

Obsidian Entertainment Raises $1.1 Million To Finance Project Eternity RPG

Obsidian Entertainment Finances Project Eternity RPG With Kickstarter Campaign

Obsidian Entertainment raised over $1.1 million with their successful Kickstarter campaign to finance the company’s new Project Eternity RPG. The Irvine, California based developer has created many popular games including Star Wars: KotOR II, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Fallout: New Vegas. The team working on the new game will include many of the same people… Read more »

Ubisoft Releases The New ‘Assassin’s Creed III’ Video

Ubisoft Releases A New Video For Assassins Creed III

Game developer Ubisoft has released the third video in their four episode series of trailers for their upcoming historical, action-adventure, open-world, stealth video game, Assassin’s Creed III. The new game will be released for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U, and Microsoft Windows on October 30, 2012. The newest video explores the background and motives… Read more »

The Street Fighter Video Game Franchise Turns 25

Street Fighter Turns 25

The Street Fighter franchise, a series of video games which still manages to control a significant portion of my free time, turns 25 today (August 30). The fact that Street Fighter has been around for a quarter of a century is a little mind-boggling, particularly for someone who spent a fair amount of time inside… Read more »