Hiroshi Yamauchi, credited with transforming Nintendo from a family-owned Japanese business into a global byword for video games, died Thursday from pneumonia.
In 1997, a game was released that sent shockwaves throughout the world. 17 years later and "Grand Theft Auto" here to shock us once again. Or maybe not?
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As violent video games get more violent and more realistic, they increasingly blur the line between fantasy and reality in alienated gamers, some experts warn.
Microsoft is making its Xbox Music streaming service available for free on the Web -- even to those who don't use Windows 8.
“Saints Row IV” throws realism out of the window, and shoots it with a rocket launcher just to make sure.
The fourth edition of Maxis' successful life-simulating game will include more emotional versions of the virtual people whose lives and homes players can manipulate.