‘Mafia III’ is like GTA with consequences

Mafia III infuses the open-world, third-person action of GTA with a charged setting and a strategic metagame that aim to make it a cinematic adventure.

News         June 24, 2016

E3 preview: ‘God of War’

We were impressed by God of War. Barlog and his team have taken an thoughtful approach to the series' reinvention, and have made something fresh and modern.

Reviews         June 16, 2016

I like playing shooters, too. But can’t we do better?

Against the backdrop of a violent shooting tragedy in Orlando, E3's annual parade of violent games takes on new meaning.

News         June 16, 2016

South Park rips Marvel a new one with ‘The Fractured But Whole’

South Park and Ubisoft are teaming up again for a follow-up to 2014's 'Stick of Truth," this time skewering superheroes with 'The Fractured but Whole.'

News         June 14, 2016

Ready for more Injustice? Poster for superhero fighter sequel leaks ahead of E3

A Gamestop promotional poster for Injustice 2, an anticipated sequel to NetherRealm Studio's DC superheroes/supervillains fighting game, has been leaked.

News         June 10, 2016

No second chances: Blizzard drops the ban hammer on Overwatch cheaters

Blizzard has taken a no-nonsense stance on cheating in its new team shooter Overwatch, banning over 1500 Chinese players in the week since launch.

News         June 7, 2016

Join DT playing Blizzard’s Overwatch on Twitch

Join Digital Trends' Will Fulton playing Blizzard's newly-released hero shooter, Overwatch, on Twitch at 1pm EST.

News         June 7, 2016

Horizon Zero Dawn delayed until February 2017

Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerrilla Games' post-post-apocalyptic, third-person action RPG, has been delayed from its original 2016 release to February 2017.

News         June 6, 2016

Scientists prove playing ‘Super Mario Bros.’ can be as hard as complex math

A team of computer science researchers has shown that levels in Super Mario Bros. can be as tough to solve as some of the most complex math problems.

News         June 2, 2016

Legendary video game designer Hideo Kojima is done with big studios

After an awkward breakup with Konami, Metal Gear Solid auteur Hideo Kojima is done with big studios, and wants to keep his new team around 100 people.

News         May 23, 2016

Conquer the galaxy with us live in Stellaris

Stellaris is Paradox Interactive's grand strategy take on galactic 4X. Join DT's Will Fulton on Twitch at 1 p.m. EST as we try and conquer the galaxy.

News         May 12, 2016

Civilization VI brings sprawling cities, complex combat, cunning enemies

Civilization VI will deepen the game's already sophisticated gameplay mechanics with cities that spread over multiple tiles, research that ties to other activities in the game, more consistent AI players, and much more.

News         May 11, 2016

Battlefield 5 leak suggests we’re going back in time

A leaked promotional image for the next Battlefield game suggests that the series is bucking the genre's futurist trends by going back to WWI.

News         May 6, 2016

Want Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered? You'll have to buy Infinite Warfare

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered will only be sold as part of special edition bundles of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare when it launches in November.

News         May 3, 2016

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare’s first trailer takes the battle into deep space

Call of Duty blasts off into space with Infinite Warfare, coming this November from series originator Infinity Ward, alongside a remastered Modern Warfare.

News         May 3, 2016

Codenames, BoardGameGeek's No. 1 party game, is going mobile

Codenames, the number-one party game on BoardGameGeek from Vlaada Chvátil, is coming to mobile platforms, developed by publisher Czech Games Edition.

News         May 2, 2016

Work is never done on the farm: Breakout sim Stardew Valley getting updates

Stardew Valley has a major new content update in the works, in addition to the promise of co-op multiplayer, and ports for Mac, Linux, and consoles.

News         May 2, 2016

XCOM 2 getting five more official mods from Long War Studios starting today

Long War Studios is creating five more official mods for XCOM 2, the first of which is available today.

News         April 29, 2016

Employee found dead on Apple campus identified; company offers sympathies

A body was found in a conference room of Apple's Cupertino HQ. No identification has yet been given, but early reports suggest a suicide.

Apple         April 29, 2016

Pocket Racing brings toy cars into the 21st century

Pocket Racing uses custom, actuated toy cars to seamlessly blend real-world play with a digital racing game for Android and iOs tablets.

News         April 18, 2016

BioShock’s Ken Levine will fuse games and film with interactive Twilight Zone reboot

CBS and Interlude have signed on BioShock creator Ken Levine to write and direct an interactive take on the classic anthology series, The Twilight Zone.

News         April 18, 2016

Nintendo’s first smartphone game, Miitomo, prods you into talking to people

Nintendo has revealed the first fruits of its partnership with mobile developer DeNA: a social communication app called Miitomo, scheduled for March 2016.

Gaming         April 8, 2016

Get ye shell corporation: the Panama Papers have an adventure game

Journalists at the Toronto Star have created a browser-based newsgame in order to teach people about the tax evasion practices exposed by the Panama Papers.

News         April 6, 2016

Hands in: Manus VR Gloves

Dutch start-up Manus wants you to reach out and touch the virtual, and the experience is certainly unique. But can its gloves nudge users towards suspending disbelief?

Reviews         April 4, 2016

Any Xbox One can become a game dev unit starting today

A preview of the long-promised Xbox Developer Mode is available today, allowing anyone to turn a retail Xbox One console into a developer kit.

News         March 30, 2016

Bethesda explains Fallout 4’s Survival Mode, now available on Steam beta

Fallout 4's long-promised Survival Mode substantially amps up the challenge and immersion, and is available now in beta to anyone playing through Steam.

News         March 29, 2016

Hands on: Below

We went hands-on with Below, the long-anticipated roguelike from Sword & Sworcery developer Capy Games, to plumb its punishing depths.

Reviews         March 24, 2016

Madness beckons: Whispers of the Old Gods expands Hearthstone this April/May

Whispers of the Old Gods, the upcoming third expansion for Hearthstone, will add 134 new cards full of Lovecraftian flavor in late April/early May.

News         March 11, 2016

Google outraces Facebook to AI breakthrough by beating a Go champ

A team at Google has cracked one of the longest-standing challenges in AI and defeated a professional player of the ancient Chinese board game Go.

News         March 11, 2016

Anarchy’s Children takes XCOM 2 to Burning Man on March 17

XCOM 2's first DLC, Anarchy's Children, arrives on March 17, adding a whole host of new soldier customization options for your scrappy, ragtag guerrillas.

News         March 9, 2016

Microsoft shutters Fable developer Lionhead Studios, along with Fable Legends

Microsoft has shut down two of its European Studios, Lionhead and Press Play, ceasing development on Fable Legends and Project Knoxville along with them.

News         March 7, 2016

In Lenovo’s experimental Game State, development is a gamer democracy

Leading computer hardware manufacturer Lenovo has partnered with indie studio Dark Rift and over 10,000 gamers to make a crowdsourced indie game.

Features         February 18, 2016

Fallout 4’s first DLC to add custom robots and Bethesda’s largest expansion ever

Bethesda has finally released details on the first three major DLC expansions for Fallout 4, promising personal robots, new settlement options, and more.

News         February 16, 2016

Far Cry 4 can be over in 15 minutes if you just, like, chill out, man

Some clever gamers have found an alternate ending to Far Cry 4 that can be completed in under fifteen minutes without touching a single weapon.

News         February 16, 2016