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Hollywood star Robin Williams, who died August 11 and was a devoted video game fan, has made a subtle cameo in "World of Warcraft."

• 06 сентября 2014, 12:17

Sony have topped worldwide sales of video game consoles for the first time in eight years, a newspaper reported Saturday, pipping struggling rival Nintendo and signalling the Playstation manufacturer's comeback.

• 08 июня 2014, 11:26

Video game publisher Bethesda Softworks on Tuesday delayed release of eagerly awaited horror action title "The Evil Within" to October.

• 29 мая 2014, 00:43

Sony's PlayStation 4 led a surge in console sales that lifted the US video game market in April, said figures released Thursday by market research firm NPD Group.

• 17 мая 2014, 10:07

The game over, a beaming Sawyer and Michael, both 10, cheer and give each other a high-five.

• 07 марта 2014, 18:02

US videogame hardware sales surged in January, with Sony's new-generation PlayStation 4 consoles leading the charge.

• 14 февраля 2014, 12:33

For those old enough to remember console games like "Asteroids" or "Red Baron," from the 1970s and 1980s: the games are back.

• 28 декабря 2013, 15:50

Indie video games made by tiny teams on even tinier budgets are increasingly competing with the big guys, making inroads on consoles after cutting their teeth on phones and tablets.

• 23 ноября 2013, 14:27

Microsoft on Friday crowed that more than a million Xbox One consoles were snapped up within 24 hours in 13 countries after hitting shelves for the first time in the morning.

• 23 ноября 2013, 11:10

Gamers were gathering Thursday for the start of the Tokyo Game Show, an annual extravaganza that this year will give punters their first real taste of the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One.

• 19 сентября 2013, 11:12

Unabashedly brutal "Grand Theft Auto V" hit the streets Tuesday in a sequel that promises to enthrall fans of the blockbuster videogame franchise.

• 17 сентября 2013, 12:10

Zynga co-founder Mark Pincus on Monday said he is handing over the helm of the struggling social games company to Microsoft entertainment division chief Don Mattrick.

• 02 июля 2013, 11:23

A video game with a protagonist who controls the world around him by hacking into systems is generating growing buzz, for its eerie parallels with the current storm about US surveillance.

• 14 июня 2013, 10:27

Microsoft on Monday fired a shot in the looming videogame console war with the announcement that its new champion - Xbox One - will launch in November in 21 countries.

• 11 июня 2013, 18:08

The US International Trade Commission sided with Microsoft on Thursday in a patent dispute with Google-owned Motorola Mobility that could have gotten Xbox 360 videogame consoles banned from import.

• 24 мая 2013, 17:15

Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets.

• 21 мая 2013, 18:39

A new wave of Star Wars videogames is coming.

• 07 мая 2013, 16:52

Playing videogames can prevent and even reverse deteriorating brain functions such as memory, reasoning and visual processing.

• 02 мая 2013, 13:07

The booming popularity of play on smartphones or tablet computers in a realm once dominated by videogame consoles was a hot theme at the major Game Developers Conference that ended here Friday.

• 30 марта 2013, 15:33

A videogame centered on a wordless walk across a picturesque desert walked away with top honors Thursday at the major Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.

• 29 марта 2013, 11:27