Merry Christmas from CryTek: New Crysis maps and wallpaper

As a stocking stuffer for Crysis fans out there, games developer CryTek has dropped five new multiplayer maps and a special Christmas-themed Crysis wallpaper.

December 26, 2007 - 11:31AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Everything on Steam now 10%-50% off

Valve has taken everything available for purchase on Steam and slashed prices by 10-50 percent.

December 26, 2007 - 10:59AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

MMOs are not that secure, says expert

Security expert Gary McGraw has a few things to say about the state of software security in World of Warcraft and other MMOs.

December 24, 2007 - 12:02PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

GarageGames accidentally intros browser-based Tribes clone

Developer GarageGames has unintentionally given the Internet a preview of a new browser-based shooter that looks a lot like Tribes.

December 24, 2007 - 09:01AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

TF2 patch: No need to self-mutilate for the sake of the team

Valve's multiplayer powerhouse, Team Fortress 2 has been updated. As a result, you no longer have to blow yourself up. So please stop doing that.

December 21, 2007 - 02:15PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

EA announces Tiberium, with possible RTS features

Electronic Arts dishes out the official press release for its new FPS, Tiberium, and hints at RTS elements.

December 18, 2007 - 01:11PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Get Darwinia, Uplink, and DEFCON all for $20

Valve loves to sell games in packs and Introversion's Darwinia, Uplink, and DEFCON are the latest to get the bundle treatment.

December 18, 2007 - 12:37PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Crysis and UT3 show disappointing November sales volume

The NPD Group's data in conjunction with market tracking site simExchange shows lackluster sales for two of this season's A-list PC releases.

December 17, 2007 - 11:05AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

False alarm: There isn't any news about Duke Nukem Forever

As much as we wish it could be true, an update from 3D Realms' Scott Maclean has made sure we know there is nothing new to report on the Duke Nukem front.

December 17, 2007 - 10:47AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

New maps and an update inbound for Team Fortress 2

In an e-mail to an end user, Valve has confirmed new maps and a patch are on the way for Team Fortress 2 on the PC and 360.

December 14, 2007 - 02:55PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Even $2000 of video cards won't max out Crysis' CryENGINE2

Feeling down because your gaming rig can't handle Crysis with everything turned up? Don't feel bad; not even $2,000 worth of video card hardware can max out the graphics engine in the game.

December 14, 2007 - 11:35AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Valve's Doug Lombardi confirms Half-Life 3. Sort of

This isn't quite a confirmation of Half-Life 3 but Valve's Doug Lombardi does guarantee that Half-Life 2: Episode 3 is not the last we'll see of MIT graduates with crowbars.

December 14, 2007 - 09:24AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Command & Conquer FPS Tiberium on its way for 2008

The latest issue of GameInformer has the news that a new Command and Conquer title is on the way, only this battle will be fought in first-person.

December 13, 2007 - 12:00PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

NCsoft's Dungeon Runners receives "Chunk 2," in-game ads

NCsoft has announced "Chunk 2" for its free MMORPG, Dungeon Runners, which will bring advertisements to it's free players.

December 12, 2007 - 01:01PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Nvidia releases beta ForceWare drivers

Nvidia's latest beta drivers are out for Vista and XP. We have a roundup of the most important fixes.

December 12, 2007 - 10:39AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Pictorial history of water effects in video games

How can we know where we are if we do not know where we have been? A German gaming site takes us through a brief history of water effects in video games.

December 12, 2007 - 10:05AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Gas Powered Games' Chris Taylor gets his best ideas without pants

Gas Powered Games has a charismatic—and kinda strange—CEO. Hear him tell his tale of pantsless creativity.

December 11, 2007 - 12:20PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Epic releases Unreal Tournament 3 point release

Epic Games has released the v1.1 patch for the Unreal Tournament 3 client. At 104 fixes, it's clear that when Epic patches UT3 it doesn't mess around.

December 11, 2007 - 10:26AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Valve serves up Team Fortress 2 metrics data

Team Fortress 2 joins Half-Life 2: Episode 2 as the latest target of Valve's data fetish.

December 10, 2007 - 12:13PM CT - by Johnathan Neuls

Guitar Hero on its way to cell phones

Mobile video game developer Hands-On Mobile is bringing Guitar Hero to a cell phone near you. Our question is... why?

December 10, 2007 - 11:34AM CT - by Johnathan Neuls