Matt Helgeson

The director of the upcoming Splinter Cell adaptation indicates that it might have a different tone than the games.

Listen in to the new episode of the GI Show podcast to hear all our thoughts about will (and should) happen at the show for Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo.

Mortal Kombat's influence on the fighting genre pales in comparison to how the franchise's controversy reshaped the industry.

With rare exceptions, I can't stand it when television shows depict video games. Sundance Channel's excellent drama Rectify did it right.

From Software has been rumored to be working on a new PlayStation 4 game
in the vein of Dark Souls for Sony, and now apparent video footage has
leaked online.

Bohemia has put a spin on the tired tradition of video game April Fool's
Day jokes by doing the unexpected – it actually created the joke game.

Sony's Jack Tretton had been the master of ceremonies for the company's E3 press conferences in recent years. Now, he'll be commentating on all the major E3 press conferences for Spike.

Take-Two head Strauss Zelnick further confirms that the company intends to continue two of its most high-profile franchises.

Ubisoft's highly anticipated Watch Dogs is finally here – and we have an in-depth discussion of the game on this week's show.

This Versus Mode features senior features editor Matt Helgeson debating the Halo series with previews editor Matt Miller. 

In an interview with a French newspaper, a Nintendo executive says that
the Super Smash Bros. for Wii U will use near-field communications
technology to interact with an upcoming line of Nintendo character
figurines.

According to Sony CEO Kaz Hirai, the PlayStation 4 is already a profit center for the company - unlike it's previous consoles.

The writer
of one of the most dramatic game series of the past few years,
Telltale's The Walking Dead, has won the prestigious job of writing a
just-announced Star Wars spin-off film.

The HBO host turns his satiric eye towards the controversy regarding Nintendo's lack of gay relationship options in Tomodachi Life.

A source has told Gamereactor that Ubisoft's The Division has a long way
to go, and that the game was pushed to avoid "[doing] a Battlefield 4."

Microsoft's Rare is the latest studio to be bit with the layoff bug. The
move follows the recent release of the developer's Kinect Sports
Rivals.

A few miles away from the Wisconsin Dells stands the Forevertron, one of America's strangest roadside attractions.

Amazon's new Android console has landed Rockstar's classic PlayStation 2-era GTA trilogy.

In its recent financial report, Ubisoft published a chart of the top 20
best-selling game franchises of the past nine years, and the results
were interesting.