SAN DIEGO–It’s not often for a comic book to start off its life as a video game, but the popular iOS and Android game Cut the Rope and its star character Om Nom are about to make the reverse leap from games to comics. Game publisher Zepto Lab and comics publisher Ape Entertainment made the...

As promised, kiosk-based Redbox is rolling out its game rental service (it’s been in testing in some areas for quite some time). While today is the official launch date, a few games were showing up as being available in kiosks in my area yesterday. The specific machine nearest my office had twelve...

Steam has launched a Free to Play section to promote games that follow this new and increasingly-successful business model. The five launch titles now available are Spiral Knights, Forsaken Worlds, Champions Online: Free for All, Global Agenda: Free Agent and Alliance of Valiant Arms. Both Champions Online...

Many gamers remember Deus Ex as the game that pioneered the stealth-focused first-person shooter genre on the PC. Veteran PC gamers, however, remember doing all kinds of things in the original Deus Ex besides sneaking around: Hacking computers, jumping between skyscrapers, exploring immersive worlds, and...

So there’s this franchise called Halo, maybe you’ve heard of it. You know, the game about a supersoldier battling aliens? No, not The Chronicles of Riddick—I said Halo. Well, it’s getting another sequel. That’s right, Microsoft revealed Halo 4 at its press conference during...