Video Games

Star Wars 1313 is going to happen. After the incredible success of the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed games it’s no surprise to see Lucasarts heading back into the fray with another dark take on everyone’s favorite sci-fi franchise.

Nissan Europe is touting its latest car, The Juke-R, with a short film featuring a guy who won a shot to race for real thanks to his dominance at the video game Gran Turismo.

Here we have a list of the 10 best Donkey Kong games that were ever shot out of a barrel and into a console sitting below your TV.

Choosing the 100 Greatest Games Ever is no easy task, especially when there are decades upon decades of titles to chose from.

Although the NES had its highs, giving us some of our favorite gaming memories, it definitely wasn’t shy about drilling us with stinkers at regular intervals. Here are the 10 NES games that made us cry, starting with number 10: Wrecking Crew — At least one of the crappy single-screen Mario games deserved a spot on this list, and we went back and forth between this and Mario Bros. for ... Read Mor

IT WAS ORIGINALLY TITLED THE FAMICOM The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) came to the United States in 1984, but it was preceded by a Japanese version in 1983. Called the Famicom (for family computer), it featured a glaring red and white design, far less cool than the gray system American gamers received the following year ...

The neighborhood video arcade may have fallen into the black hole of progress along with frosted hair tips, acid washed jeans and health care with reasonable co-pays, but the people who long to see its mixed aurora borealis of pixelated lights and neon signs are not going anywhere.

If you owned a Nintendo in the late ’80s / early ’90s, you probably played a game or twelve hundred of Tecmo Bowl. Nearly 23 years since its release, it still has a cult following and annual tournaments that put Madden’s to shame.

Slingo has been around longer than your dad’s alcohol problem. Originally created in 1995, the bingo-slot machine combo was one of the earliest games we remember playing on our ancient computers. It took on new life when it hit the iPhone, letting you touch-spin and number-match your way through its addictive levels. The ...

We haven’t heard much from the Virtua Fighter series in the past half decade. After the last game in the series, Virtua Fighter 5, came out in 2007 we weren’t sure we’d ever see a sixth entry. Now word has hit that Sega’s fighter series will see new life, but in downloadable form and it’s not exactly Virtua Fighter 6, but just another Virtua Fighter 5.

eSports (Electronic Sports) isn’t the nerdy pass time it used to be. With viewership growing exponentially, competitive gaming is breaking onto the pop culture scene. Now is as good a time as any to hop on the band wagon and give eSports a chance. You ...

Just in time to celebrate the one month anniversary of the completion of his stint in rehab, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino shows his G-rated side by launching a Facebook game with App Genius based on the kid-friendly boardwalk games founded at the now infamous Jersey shore.