October 22, 2015 Microsoft 'rape' joke at E3 gaming event sparks outrage Microsoft has come under fire after a male employee made a rape joke during a live video game demonstration at the popular gaming convention E3.
October 22, 2015 Next Sony PlayStation to stream videogames Sony is planning to offer technology to stream games to its next videogame console, people familiar with the company's plans say, alongside other enhancements to bolster its position in the market.
October 22, 2015 'Splinter Cell' video game cuts controversial torture sequence A torture scene in which the player plunges a knife into an enemy’s body and twists it back and forth to extract information -- “move and hold to interrogate,” the game advises -- has been cut, following widespread complaints from gamers and fellow designers.
October 22, 2015 Connecticut school killings reignite debate about violence in video games Violence in video games has been definitively linked to real world aggression, researchers say – and after the Newton, Conn., massacre, people are looking at video games again.
October 22, 2015 Microsoft is allowing itself to detect pirated games on your Windows 10 PC Despite being generally well-received, Windows 10 has been confronted with some bitter criticism concerning a series of alleged privacy obstructions.
October 22, 2015 Atari games buried in landfill net $37G on eBay What some have called the worst video game ever made has fetched thousands of dollars for a New Mexico city.
October 22, 2015 'Out of the Park Baseball 15' review If your baseball team didn't make the playoffs this year, you may be grumbling that, if only they’d signed this player or not signed that player, or had used different tactics, then all would be different.
October 22, 2015 Hackers get personal in new Sony attack Sony was the target of a double-barreled attack by hackers on Sunday with an executive's flight diverted due to a bomb scare at roughly the same time as its network was under attack.
October 22, 2015 ‘The Last of Us: Remastered’ – welcome to paradise “The Last of Us” – a survivor horror title set in a post-apocalyptic, zombie-infested USA, was one of the best games on the PlayStation 3 when it was released last year. It has been remastered and rejiggered for the PlayStation 4, and now it’s one of the best games on that system too.
October 22, 2015 Google removes 'Bomb Gaza' app after outcry Google removed a controversial game from its Play store on Monday that called for users to drop missiles from Israeli aircraft onto cartoonish Hamas militants following outcry that the app was insensitive.
