Ben Reeves

Australia's government-run funding organization Screen Australia is
investing $20 million to help boost local game development and
counteract job migration.

Quantic Dream, the developer of Heavy Rain and Beyond, is in New York
right now. Are they sight seeing or getting ready to announce something
during Sony's upcoming press event on the 20th?

Keiji Inafune's upcoming Soul Sacrifice looks a lot like Monster Hunter,
but you can see the action for yourself in this new gameplay trailer.

The God of War: Ascension single-player demo will release on February 26, but those who participate in the Rise of the Warrior social experience will be able to access a week early, on February 20.

e able to stream PlayStation 3 titles off the cloud.

Developer Studio Gigante once worked on a Star Wars fighting game for
the original Xbox. As boring as the game looks, it seems infinitely
better than Masters of Teräs Käsi.

[Update] A BioWare representative says that we may hear more about this upcoming Mass Effect 3 DLC next week.

We think that Brownie Brown is kind of a weird name for a game
developer. Nintendo must think so too, because the developer of Super
Mario 3D Land has just changed it's name to 1-Up Studio.

Learn whether or not your Ouya purchase will be worthwhile directly
from those who know the system best: game developers.

This week brought us the depressing news that Epic Mickey developer
Junction Point would be closing its doors, but it's
not the first time we've seen Mickey Mouse at the end of his rope.

TwitchTV, the video game broadcasting and chat community, just signed
a deal with Activision to bring Call of Duty: Black Ops II live
streaming to Twitch.tv.

California's Senator apologizes to gamers for saying they have "no
credibility" when it comes to the debate about violent games.

Omerta is a code that prohibits members from speaking about the
activities of a criminal organization. It's also an upcoming PC strategy
title about the mob; kind of like the godfather meets XCOM. Check out
the game's newest trailer.

Crysis 3 is one of the best looking games on the market, but if you
need further proof of the game's technical chops, take a look at this In
the 25-minute video on the game's tech.

We got our hands on a few copies of Micorsoft's recent DLG Skulls of the
Shogun, and we're going to hand them out to a few lucky community
members. The best part? You don't need to do anything hard to win.

If you're running out of space for games on your iPad, you could
delete some stuff, or you could buy the newest version, which features
128GB of storage for $799.

You might be as smart as a fox, but do you know all of these obscure
facts about Nintendo's anthropomorphic shooter series?

Developer Rebellion has previously worked on games like Sniper Elite,
NeverDead and Aliens Vs. Predator. Actually, its worked on those games
specifically, not just games like them. Now the developer is teasing
its next project.

Ever wonder what was the source of Mario and Luigi's brotherly
conflicts in the Smash Bros. games? Like most conflict, the answer
involves food.

Half-Life originally came out for PCs back in 1998, but the game
never released on Mac software even though its sequel did. Finally Mac
owners can purchase the original Half-Life through Steam.