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The Sunday Times just published its list of the 1,000 wealthiest people in Britain, and it greeted a few newcomers from the games industry. Most notably, Sam and Dan Houser, the creators of the Grand Theft Auto series and co-founders of Rockstar Games. They barely made the list, coming in at the 947 spot with a joint fortune of £90 million ($151 million). Consider that it in 2008 it took £80 million...

Head of Xbox Phil Spencer answered questions from fans on his Twitter last night and revealed some interesting clues as to what Microsoft is preparing for this year’s E3 and beyond. One fan asked him “which now-marginalized genres do you think might see a resurgence this gen?” To which Spencer responded “ RTS on console .” This is particularly interesting since we recently learned via a job listing...

This week we get Wolfenstein: The New Order, Transistor, Drakkengard 3, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II, and Tropico 5!...

Oculus VR has hired Google Glass engineer Adrian Wong. Wong, who’s been with Google since 2010, was working at Google[x], which is dedicated to more experimental, ambitious projects like Google’s driverless car and Project Loon, which aims at bringing internet access to rural areas with high altitude Balloons. Wong worked on both the Explorer and Consumer editions of Google’s wearable computer with...

If you’re not one of the people who already bought Titanfall and helped it become the top selling game for the second month in a row , you can now get the PC version of the game from Origin for a 40 percent discount, bringing its price down from the normal $60 to $36. The Flash Sale, which ends on Sunday, May 18 at 12 p.m. PDT, also offers Battlefield 4 Digital Deluxe Edition for $36, SimCity Digital...

More games have been released on Steam just 20 weeks into 2014 than have been during all of 2013. According to an Analysis from Gamasutra , the influx of new releases is thanks in part to Steam Greenlight, which has been adding as much as 75 games to Steam at a time recently. Since Valve’s co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell previously said that the company’s goal is to “ make Greenlight...

The many fans that have backed Star Citizen will soon have their first taste of the upcoming space sim from Wing Commander creator Chris Roberts. Roberts announced that the game’s Arena Commander dogfighting mode will release on May 29. The small, multiplayer-focused piece of the game will give players a feel for how it looks and controls, but in no way represents the full scope of Star Citizen’s...

The Counter-Strike series may consistently hit the top end on Steam's chart of concurrent users today , but this competitive multiplayer phenomenon began with humble origins. To commemorate the 15 years that have passed since Counter-Strike was first released, I spoke to co-creator Minh "Gooseman" Le for an insight into the creation of the original mod, and its evolution into a standalone game. At...

President of Gearbox Software Randy Pitchford announced on Twitter that the PlayStation Vita version of Borderlands 2 will get its cross-save functionality added via a PlayStation 3 patch this Tuesday, May 20. One of the most exciting features in the PS Vita version of Borderlands 2 is cross-save compatibility with the PlayStation 3, which allows you to continue playing the same save file on both...

The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consume much more energy than the previous generation of consoles, a new report from the Natural Resources Defense Council finds. "We don't have a problem with people playing games. But the problem is the amount of energy used when not playing a game," NRDC's director of high-tech energy efficiency and author of the report Pierre Delforge told USA Today . The report...

The mysterious blue-visored character featured opposite Master Chief in the recently released image for Halo 5: Guardians is not Cortana or Sarah Palmer, a Spartan soldier from Halo 4 and Halo: Spartan Assault . Executive producer for the Halo series at developer 343 Industries, Josh Holmes, wrote on Twitter today that this person is actually an entirely new male character. "For everyone speculating...

On the heels of the game's first downloadable content launch , Titanfall 's companion app has been released. While it's limited to connecting with the Xbox One version of the game, the app itself is available on a variety of platforms, including iOS , Android , Windows Phone , and Windows 8 devices. Much of the functionality it offers is what you'd expect from a companion app for a first-person shooter;...

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games has big plans for E3 2014, the marquee video game industry event that is now just three weeks away. In a post on the Sledgehammer Games website , cofounders Glen Schofield and Michael Condrey said after nearly three years of development, they are eager to show their game off to the world. "Our show plans are shaping up to be incredibly special,"...

A new trailer for Skyblivion--essentially an attempt to remake the entirety of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion using the technology that powers its sequel, Skyrim --has been released, providing us with a new look at the progress that's been made on the impressive fan project. The trailer, entitled "The First Dawn," focuses on perhaps the most memorable part of Oblivion--namely, the prison escape and...

Titanfall players on PC may have noticed today playlists dedicated to the game's Capture the Flag and Pilot Hunter modes are missing. It's not a glitch, as developer Respawn Entertainment writes on Twitter that it has purposefully removed these playlists, but it's not clear why. These modes, however, will remain playable in Titanfall private matches and in the Variety Pack playlist. There's no changes...

With Microsoft releasing an Xbox One without Kinect, Danny wonders what this means for the future of Kinect games development. Also John Drake drinks a Diet Coke....

A great deal of time has been spent working on the story for this year's Call of Duty game, Call of Duty: Advance Warfare --more specifically, over two-and-a-half years. That's according to Glen Schofield, co-founder of Advance Warfare developer Sledgehammer Games, who shared the figure on Twitter. In response to a tweet from someone who talked about this being the first Call of Duty game's single-player...

This week, we check out rhythm game developer Harmonix's latest offering, tell you about a unique shooter that seriously messes with your mind, and give you some insight about a new puzzle game for the PlayStation Vita....

Tom McShea takes the wheel in this week's podcast, talking about A Kinect-less Xbox One, FarCry 4, Super Time Force and the state of gaming events....

Welcome to another edition of Free Games Friday, GameSpot's weekly show that aims to bring you some fresh recommendations on what zero cost games you should be playing. This week, we check out rhythm game developer Harmonix's latest offering, tell you about a unique shooter that seriously messes with your mind, and give you some insight about a new puzzle game for the PlayStation Vita. And as always,...