Singer-songwriter Katy Perry will lend her "distinctive talents, style and personality" to the virtual world of The Sims through an extensive collaboration with Electronic Arts, the computer game company said Tuesday.
Most people know international recording artist Will.i.am (born William James Adams Jr.) as the producer and front man for The Black Eyed Peas, the Grammy-winning group that has performed at the Super Bowl and sold more than 18 million albums worldwide.
To adapt to the new era of gaming, Atari is returning to its roots.
Sony says it's not quite game over for the PlayStation 3.
Gaming in 2012 is going to be a very wild ride, with the introduction of two new consoles, a return to the "Halo" universe and the potential for even more entertainment choices.
It was a year of crippling -- and creative -- hacks, a year of blockbuster sequels and (yet again) a year of slinging vengeful birds at corpulent pigs.
Enough already about "Angry Birds" -- there were plenty of great console video games in 2011.
Video gamers who want to train for the next "Legend of Zelda" may want to enroll in fencing classes.
A long time ago, by technology standards, in this very galaxy, the founders of video game developer BioWare received a phone call.
When the Nitendo Wii Fit debuted in 2007, experts were skeptical about the system's health benefits.
Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of beloved Nintendo game franchises including "Super Mario," "Donkey Kong" and the "Legend of Zelda," wants to make something new.
In the 10 years since the debut of "Grand Theft Auto III," several video games have upped the ante in the naughty category -- including some other "Grand Theft Auto" games.
An update rolling out Tuesday for the Xbox Live network aims to do what Microsoft has been teasing for a while -- turn a platform designed primarily for video games into one that will be the major hub for all television viewing.
Gamers who want to kill Kenny may soon have their chance.
"The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword" is, in a way, a tough game to figure out.
Microsoft may be a relative newcomer to in-store retailing, but it's getting the hang of this Black Friday thing.
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" continues the franchise's tradition of high action, detailed fighting and a highly competitive multiplayer mode while still trying to let players play the way they want.
The "Call of Duty" franchise is a perennial blockbuster, with more than 65 million units sold so far in the United States and hordes of fans lining up each fall to buy the latest installment of the war-simulation video game.
Age has slowed Sonic, the beloved blue hero from an earlier generation of video games, but Sega may have finally rehabilitated the venerable hedgehog.
"Battlefield 3" continues its franchise tradition of offering a realistic wartime experience with a variety of weapons and vehicles in a beautiful environment.
It's been 10 years since Rockstar Games released "Grand Theft Auto III" on PlayStation 2.
"Rage" starts off full of promise and beauty but finishes with clunky game mechanics and an ending that was probably the most disappointing I've experienced in years.
Sony plans to release the PlayStation Vita, a portable video game player, on February 22, 2012, in the United States, Canada and Europe, the company announced at a technology conference on Tuesday.
"Batman: Arkham City" takes everything that was great about the first Arkham title and makes it bigger, bolder and better.
They've been trained to focus for weeks at a time on a single goal. They know how to clearly identify obstacles and form step-by-step plans to overcome them.
With an awesome story and continuation of the gameplay that has made the franchise great, "Gears of War 3" ties a brilliant and bloody bow atop a video-game trilogy that's been seven years in the making.
There's "God of War" and "Devil May Cry." "Kid Icarus" and "Battle for Asgard."
Gamescom is probably the biggest video game show you've never heard of.
What do you get when you combine the top-selling PC game franchise of all time with the world's biggest social network?
Once considered a cult pastime, video games have grown immensely in the last 30 years to become a mainstream fixture alongside movies and music.
Sony is reducing the price of the PlayStation 3 game console, hoping to help the 5-year-old system reach a larger audience, the company said on Tuesday.
CNN's tech guru Mario Armstrong discusses how the security breach of the Sony PlayStation network could affect you.
Vice City. San Andreas. Liberty City. Tehran.
Two days before the price of Nintendo's 3DS gaming system will drop, the gaming company is highlighting a set of hardware and software updates geared toward spurring popularity of the groundbreaking but slow-selling handheld device.
Deepak Chopra discusses his research into the various regions of consciousness and well-being.
For many people, video games conjure adrenalized scenes of gunning down enemy fighters or steering race cars at thumb-blistering speeds.
Amazon on Monday temporarily suspended sales of the Nintendo 3DS, the 3-D handheld video game console, on its popular marketplace website.
Nintendo 3DS users now have access to 3-D video. And they can launch it with a laugh.
You say you want a revolution? Despite TV and console makers' best efforts, it just doesn't appear to be happening in 3-D for video game fans.
If one legendary basketball superstar on the cover of your video game is great, what about three?
Popular wisdom holds that because they're more intuitive, approachable and inviting than traditional video games, social games are shallow.
Activision is reloading the golden gun to take another shot at reviving a James Bond video game relic.
"The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D" (Nintendo) is a delightful trip down memory lane that brings back memories of the original Nintendo 64 version with a new shine.
At 37, Lisa Sharp is comfortable calling herself a video-game junkie. But that wasn't always the case.
Want to play DVDs or Blu-ray discs on your shiny new Nintendo Wii U when it's available sometime next year? You're out of luck.
"Alice: Madness Returns" is full of twisted imagery, strange combat weapons and puzzles that don't really tax the imagination.
While 46,800 attendees spent the weekend recuperating from the video game industry's largest annual convention, diehard gamers were catching up on all the news from their couches.
Join Doug Gross to see the latest games on the floor of the world's biggest gaming expo, E3.
It's been a big week for video gamers.
Keep debating whether video games are art if you wish. At E3, the world's biggest gaming expo, it's a closed question. Here, video games are definitely art -- and a gallery-style exhibit aims to prove it to as many people as care to look.
Art from different video games is displayed at the Into the Pixel gallery at E3 2011.
At the world's biggest showcase for video games, Nintendo made the biggest splash this week with the unveiling of Wii U -- the next generation of its popular, motion-controlled gaming system.
"Fruit Ninja," a top 10 iPhone app is coming to Kinect, Microsoft's motion-control system for the Xbox.
Conquering the Apple Store apparently wasn't enough for these ninjas.
Investors are betting on video game publishers...and winning big.
After weeks of headlines about the outage of its hacker-compromised online gaming system, Sony on Monday looked to change the conversation with Playstation Vita, a machine they say will "revolutionize" handheld game play.
The new device will feature six-axis motion sensors, front and rear cameras, a touchscreen and a touchpad on the back.
In the ever-growing society of video-game culture, E3 is the coming-out party.
A new online service for "Call of Duty" will give players a massive cache of statistics about their performance in the popular war games and offer social networking features in an attempt to build a community around the critically acclaimed series.
Depending on which Internet rumor you believe, it will be called Wii 2, Project Café or Stream. The only thing we know for certain about Nintendo's new video game system is that it's coming in 2012.
Sid Meier is the director of creative development at Firaxis Games. But to millions, he's better known as the "Father of Computer Gaming."
For video game fans, many of the gadgets and accessories designed to support today's games are as unique and imaginative as the games themselves.
It's been a nightmarish three weeks for Sony, as it struggles to recover from massive hack attacks on three separate gaming systems it runs. Not only are the PlayStation, Qriocity and Sony online gaming networks still offline, but tens of millions of credit card numbers may have been stolen.
Summer is typically a slow time for video games as fans ditch their controllers in favor of sunny seaside vacations or the pleasures of the great outdoors. But this year, a number of high-profile new releases hope to buck that trend.
For many gamers, recent news stories about potential security breaches, lost data or lifted financial information were missing the most basic, most important point: When do I get to play again?
Sony said the Internet security breach targeting its networks was more extensive than originally thought.
Sony announced Sunday that parts of the PlayStation Network will be back online this week and gamers will receive compensation for not being able to log on.
PlayStation Network users are still waiting for an extra life.
Gamers might have to wait at least another three years before there's any update to their Xbox or PlayStation consoles.
Nintendo could be revealing a HD successor to the Wii console this summer, according to new reports.
Gerald "Jerry" Lawson, creator of the first cartridge-based videogame console, died Saturday morning in a Mountain View, California, hospital, WIRED.com has learned. Lawson was 70.
In the world of massive multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPG), "World of Warcraft" is the gold standard with more than 12 million subscribers as of October 2010.
"Top Spin 4" makes full use of lifelike animations, combined with innovative controls, to provide the most realistic tennis simulation game yet.
Playing Super Mario on a Nintendo phone will remain a pipe dream.
Spring has officially sprung for the video game industry, with new systems such as Nintendo's glasses-free, handheld 3DS and new titles such as "Crysis 2" and "Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars" leading the charge.
Much ado has been made about the new Nintendo 3DS, a portable handheld video game system capable of displaying three-dimensional special effects without the need for goofy glasses.
The video game industry came out swinging ... and won.
The Kyoto gamemaker is gearing up to launch Nintendo 3DS, a portable game machine with a glasses-free 3-D display, in the United States on March 27.
Nintendo 3DS, a glasses-free 3-D handheld video game system, arrives March 27 for $249.99.
The video game industry has decided to shoot the messenger.
Microsoft has sold more than 10 million Kinect systems for the Xbox 360 to retailers, the company announced Wednesday.
"Dragon Age II" isn't exactly a sequel, but it does continue to thrill with new distinctive artwork, a more descriptive speech mechanic and a combat system that feels intuitive and destructive at the same time.
Some of the video game industry's most visible veterans took to their pulpits this week at the Game Developers Conference to denounce practices by Apple or Nintendo.
While most first-person shooter games want players to kill as a means of completing a mission,"Bulletstorm" takes that premise to the next level by having players "kill with skill."
Will Wright wants to tell stories.
Blockbuster videogame heroes have tamed the Wild West, repelled alien invasions and driven the Nazis from Normandy. But can they fight off "Angry Birds"?
Classic movies, music and books all enjoy healthy reprints and ardent fan followings. But given ever-changing technology and fans' limited attention spans, classic video games are often left to molder in obscurity, cosigned to download from dubiously legal "abandonware" sites.
The video game "Guitar Hero," once believed to be helping revive rock a few years ago in the hip-hop era, will jam no longer.
Even while you sleep, next-generation portable game systems will keep updating themselves.
Critics often accuse video games of making players lazy, inept and socially awkward. Contrary to popular belief, though, many build, not burn brain cells by requiring extensive problem solving, teamwork and dynamic decision-making skills.
Sony Computer Entertainment is making a big play in internet-connected hand-held gaming with a 3G-enabled PlayStation portable system and smartphone game platform unveiled Thursday.
From the Nintendo 3DS's ability to grab titles on demand to the increasing popularity of retail sites like Steam and Direct2Drive.com, downloadable games will be everywhere in 2011.
Proving that the Wii's motion-sensing controls weren't a fad, both Sony's PlayStation Move and Microsoft's Kinect had strong holiday seasons, suggesting a growing appetite for active video games.
Gamers got some long-awaited answers about Nintendo's 3-D hand-held gaming system on Wednesday.
The world's largest video game companies weren't about to miss an opportunity to get their consoles and hand-helds in front of a cutting-edge audience.
Among NASCAR's many challenges entering 2011: finding that Fountain of Youth.
For video game junkies, blockbuster titles like Cold War-era shooter "Call of Duty: Black Ops" and post-apocalyptic role-player "Fallout: New Vegas" make 2010 a hard act to follow.
If you've ever collected baseball cards, comic books, stamps, or maybe those limited edition commemorative plates, you understand the concept of the "Holy Grail" item.
From an explosion of social games and iPhone apps to the rise of motion controls, cloud computing and retro revivals, 2010 has been a year of surprises and revelations for gaming enthusiasts.
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