Wanna play the new Madden Football before your friends?

Aug 2, 2011
Videogame maker EA Sports will sell players access to full versions of its games before they come out in stores. For $25 a year, subscribers wil...

Journey to an unfamiliar type of video game

Jul 18, 2011
On today's show, Ben Kuchera from Ars Technica told us about the video game Journey. Here's Ben's complete review.

EA buys PopCap, spending big to go casual

Jul 13, 2011
Seattle based PopCap Games apparently had plenty of suitors when it went on the market recently, including fellow casual game maker Zynga. In the...

Jamestown: your average Sir Walter Raleigh on Mars video game

Jun 24, 2011
On today's show, we talk to Ars Technica's Ben Kuchera about a game that's highly atypical and, according to Ben, a lot of fun. It's called...

Those Wii U games looked great, but...

Jun 8, 2011
Some of them weren't from the Wii at all. Nintendo has admitted that in the highlight reel for what the Wii U game could do, they used some footage...

Atari not dead yet, feeling much better, thinks it will go for a walk

Jun 8, 2011
Atari was once king of video games. But then again Burt Reynolds was once the biggest movie star in the world. Nothing lasts forever. To everything...

Here's where you can play Empires & Allies

Jun 1, 2011
It's probably addictive. There are opportunities to spend real money on fake stuff and bug your friends. Might also be fun....

For public good, not for profit.

Call of Duty to launch monthly fee for expanded service

May 31, 2011
The incredibly popular and realistic war video game franchise is preparing to launch a new subscription option where players pay a monthly fee for...

Sony demos AR system

May 31, 2011
Augmented Reality has been the Next Big Thing for a while now, although it never manages to become the Actual Current Big Thing. Will Sony's new...

Chinese prisoners forced to play video games

May 27, 2011
That's the claim that a former prisoner made to the London newspaper The Guardian. He said that prisoners were forced by prison guards to play...