Engadget is reporting that rumors are swirling around that the PC version of Bioshock contains a "rootkit" (read: spyware) but 2K Games has confirmed that the software is not harmful nor…spyful. The rumors got started when 2K Games licensed Sony’s digital… Read More »

In an interview with Game Informer, Valve boss Gabe Newell mentioned that the juicy Orange Box is basically done, which means Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Portal and Team Fortress 2 are in the final phases of last minute bug squashing… Read More »

If you’re a PC gamer, chances are September 25, 2007 is meaningless to you. What many are marking down as the day Halo 3 comes out is just another Tuesday. EA, however, decided to change that. They have just announced… Read More »

After months of beta testing, EA Mythic finally released Ultima Online: Kingdom Reborn today. As you can judge from the title, Kingdom Reborn is a graphical and gameplay update to Ultima Online — the game that is credited with starting the… Read More »

According to an interview with Gabe Newell, only one in fifty Steam users have a DirectX 10 graphics card. This led to comments from Newell himself claiming that Microsoft made a mistake making DirectX 10 only compatible with Windows Vista…. Read More »

Crysis Nanosuit trailer

Want your over-the-top cinematic trailer about an explosive FPS with mind-bending visuals? EA delivers with a new trailer showcasing the nanosuit in Crytek’s upcoming FPS Crysis. Shown in true cinematic fashion, you’ll see the suit in action and the end… Read More »

In September 2005, World of Warcraft servers became host to one of the most freakishly awesome emergent mmo events ever, the Corrupted Blood plague. Essentially a harmful debuff from the boss Hakkar in Zul’Gurub, a new instance location at the… Read More »

Loki is an upcoming hack n’ slash RPG from Cyanide Studios. An English single-player demo was recently released and samples one of the four characters in the full game. Boasting a level cap of 200 (you start out as level… Read More »

In a Patriot Ledger column, writer Steve Adams argues that the choice of killing Little Sisters in the FPS BioShock challenges taboos regarding video game violence. In other words, it’s another rant about video game violence. The writer said, "One… Read More »

While it’s been confirmed for handheld and mobile phones for awhile, Maxis has been touting that the main platform for their upcoming game, Spore, will be PC. But today, during the Games Convention, Maxis revealed that Spore will be coming… Read More »