This is almost like the time they made a Facebook game out of a popular TV show. Except it isn't. Family Guy Online isn't your standard social grind. It's not even a Facebook game. It's a graphically convincing free-to-play browser-based RPG with plenty of character, TV-showness and gameplay challenges...

Many are still busy plowing through the insane amount of content included in Skyrim. Maybe you're not one of them. Maybe you've unlocked and spent every perk point, cleared every dungeon and punched every NPC in the nose. Maybe you've tried out every mod and are looking for more. Bethesda will relea...

Bethesda's Creation Kit for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be made available on February 7, according to a Twitter update by VP of PR and Marketing Pete Hines...

Good news, we just received an invite to play in an upcoming round of beta testing in ArenaNet's highly anticipated Guild Wars 2. Unfortunately we can't share, but you can expect plenty of coverage to hit on Monday, February 20 at 6 AM Pacific...

An update posted to the Team Fortress 2 blog teases "something brand new" for Vavle's free-to-play online shooter. No word yet on what it is, but Valve did say it wasn't a hat, and it wasn't a new map. Could it be a new class? A new layer to its microtransaction system? Gordon Freeman? Err, sorry about that last guess, I just really miss Half-Life...

When I first started playing Mass Effect, I set out to behave like a stony-hearted space-bitch. I was going to take the universe for everything it had: credits, loot, fame, blue ladies, the lot. It didn't last long. By the beginning of Mass Effect 2, my red-headed Shepard whom I'd designed to loo...

Valve's ever-popular competitive shooter Counter-Strike has been around for over a decade. The latest iteration of the franchise, Global Offensive, is currently in closed beta testing on PC. Though not all features are currently built into the beta, the classic de_dust and de_dust2 maps are...

Publisher Atlus announced that Game of Thrones, a new role-playing game from Cyanide Studios based on George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy fiction, will launch on May 15 for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC...

"Walker, at the beginning of the game, is specifically meant to invoke other military shooters," says Walt Williams, the lead writer on 2K Games' Spec Ops: The Line. "We want the player to feel that they're walking into a situation that they know what it's going to be. Like, 'I know this guy, I know...

It is now common practice for Electronic Arts (EA) to include an online pass in new copies of its games that must be activated in order to access online features. However, Syndicate, which EA will publish later this month, will arrive free of any online pass. A producer at EA tells Eurogamer that the online co-op in Syndicate is equal in substance to the single-player campaign and everyone should have access to the entire game...

Ankama's Wakfu, a turn-based tactical MMO set to launch in North America on February 29, will be free to download but also include premium options. Publisher Square Enix has revealed the pricing plan for Wakfu, which includes a subscription alternative...

In just a few months, Prototype 2 will be upon us and we'll all be running through New York City tearing bad guys apart with arm blades and disgusting tendril moves. When that happens, you're not going to have time to sit down and ponder how the cast of this title let their world get into this sicke...

Hi-Rez Studios has outlined major changes to the ongoing beta test for Tribes: Ascend, a fast-paced free-to-play shooter expected to launch later this year. The changes include a reworking of the class system. The 12 classes previously available have been condensed to nine, and if you're a new player, you get three for free. The perk and unlock systems have also been changed significantly...

Update: Alan Wake will be released through Steam on February 16 for $29.99, which will include the base game and downloadable content packs. A boxed version of the game will also be made available after the Steam version is released...

Many of the changes that recently stirred doubts that Blizzard's Diablo III may not make its early 2012 release date window have already been added to the closed beta test. The game is still very much about beating things with weapons until they die and spill treasure all over the ground, but the changes are significant enough to warrant another look...

BioWare's big budget MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic, which reportedly cost almost $200 million to make, appears to be doing well so far. Publisher Electronic Arts reports that since launch in December 2011, over 1.7 million players have subscribed. In addition, over two million copies of The Old Republic have been sold...

If you want a chance to play Bluehole and En Masse's upcoming action-MMO, pre-ordering Tera will grant you access to upcoming rounds of closed beta testing. The beta tests will run throughout February, March and April, leading to Tera's launch in North America on May 1. You'll also get to participate in a Head Start program that allows you to play over the pre-launch weekend, ideally giving you a chance to get out of the starting areas before they're overrun with new players...

Trion today launched "Rift Lite," an endless trial version of their popular fantasy MMORPG Rift. Rift Lite follows a similar model to the endless World of Warcraft free trial, allowing players to advance up to level 20, experiencing up to four of the game's (rather large) zones and each faction's ca...

Update: Skyrim's patch 1.4 is now out of beta on Steam. You can find the full change list over on the Bethesda Blog...

Warner Bros. has announced that Gotham City Impostors will be available next week. The game will be released on PlayStation Network and PC on February 7th in the United States. On February 8th, the game will expand to other territories on PSN and will also be released internationally for Xbox Live...

Since its unveiling, Street Fighter X Tekken's gem system has drawn the ire of devout fight-fans who have decried its inclusion as an unnecessary gimmick that can only damage the game's delicate balance and a sign that the series has at last sold its soul in order to appeal to the masses...

Radical Entertainment announced today that the PC version of Prototype 2 has been delayed until July 24th. The announcement comes via the game's official Facebook page, where Radical wrote the following: "Hey all, we just wanted to let you know that the PC version of PROTOTYPE 2 is unfortunately ...

It's a little odd to play a game as pretty as Oil Rush, yet spend a majority of the time staring at a minimap that takes up a small percentage of the screen. The gameplay revolves around attacking and defending nodes to expand and diversify your army, in the same vein as something like Galcon. Becau...

A concept only takes a game so far. At some point execution takes over, separating great games from great ideas. The concept of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City takes the world of Capcom's survival horror series and turns it on its head, both in design and story, allowing players to see events ...

A lot of people are intimately familiar with DotA, its massive roster of heroes and its complex inner workings. This series isn't so much for the hardcore crowd as it is for those new to the title. We're highlighting the heroes on Dota 2's roster one by one, showing off their abilities and play styles. We know that entering into Dota 2 is going to be daunting for a lot of people, and choosing a hero is no simple task. We hope this helps you make that choice...

Firing cannons and blasting an enemy ship can be rewarding in Port Royale 3, but it's far more enjoyable to take on your foes through subversion. Sure, you could attack their ships as they leave port, either illegally as an unaligned pirate, or by getting permission to do some privateering in the na...

EA has released a new video offering up interviews with Mass Effect 3's voice talent including Martin Sheen, Seth Green, Ali Hillis, Jennifer Hale and Jessica Chobot...

Impulse, Gamestop's digital distribution service, is now selling Valve games. With the exception of Counter-Strike, anyone can go out right now and pick up Valve's entire library of PC games from Gamestop's website. But Valve isn't exactly putting out their games on a competitor's platform, eith...

You played Shogun 2, right? You didn't? Gah, alright, well like Total War games past, it blended a turn-based campaign map manangement with real-time battles between huge armies. It was a highlight of the venerable franchise, and IGN's favorite PC strategy game of the year...