Since this holiday season has been all about The Orange Box so far, we thought we'd go back in time this month to take a look at the original Half-Life, the game that practically reinvented the shooter genre.
The Independent Game Conference in Austin, Texas, has announced that Mike Wilson, Harry Miller and Richard Garriott will be delivering this year's keynote addresses.
Atari, long a cultural touchstone of the gaming community, has filed its first quarter annual report, showing continued punishing financial losses and putting the future of the company in "substantial doubt."
Gamecock has officially announced its endorsement of Stephen Colbert for President of the United States, and will celebrate their candidate's belief in unbridled commercialism by using the event to promote its upcoming political party game, Hail to the Chimp.
The NPD Group, which provides monthly sales and hardware data about the consoles and hand-helds, has said those numbers will no longer be available to non-paying parties.
Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime said a production bottleneck will be swiftly corrected and also dismissed the possibility of competitors successfully competing in the Wii's casual-player market.
South Korean publisher NCsoft has gained complete ownership of the City of Heroes IP and will be opening a new studio in California made up of members of the game's original development team.
In the Texas wilderness, this European executive is able to freely show his game to others, encourage them to play and get feedback, all because Project Horseshoe has a "Code of Secrecy and Blabbing" that unifies the small group.Of the 28 members gathered for opening ceremonies on a flagstone terrace, 12 are conference veterans. Introductions begin with haiku.
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock has become the single biggest product launch in Activision's history, selling over $115 million in its first seven days of release.
