Carolyn Petit examines the very different ways in which two games go about celebrating the NES era.

This week we check out Skylanders Giants, Medal of Honor: Warfighter, Forza Horizon, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress, Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss, Killzone Trilogy, Farming Simulator 2013 and Lucius.

Development on Haunts: The Manse Macabre stalls as programmers walk away; creator promises refunds, believes game can still be made.

New Square Enix RPG at top spot and above Resident Evil 6 and new Namco Bandai RPG; 3DS XL back in high sales groove.

This week, Johnny picks your finest (and foulest) comments concerning Black Ops 2 and Skyrim DLC.

Platinum Games' third-person brawler coming to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 for $30 January 8 in North America, January 11 in Europe.

Desmond tracks down the present location of the apple and gets taken under it's control. To prepare for Assassin's Creed 3, we've put together major cut-scenes and gameplay from all of the previous entries in the series to catch you up with the story

Master Chief's mind is violated by a powerful new enemy, who in searching for Chief's weaknesses, finds the source of his strength.

Lord of the Rings Online studio brings on Elder Scrolls, Kingdoms of Amalur designer as director of design; former NetherRealm, Zynga, and Petroglyph devs round out "key hires."

Social networking applications will be removed from Xbox Live with new mandatory dashboard update in an effort to "streamline" functionality.

Treyarch game design director reveals weapons in newest Call of Duty can earn Prestige levels.

Epic Games' new iOS game pushed to 2013 as a result of logistical issues and developer Impossible Studios adding new ideas.

Only select games will support chat through third-party headsets plugged into GamePad headphone jack; Pro Controller option even more involved.

Microsoft reveals new life-to-date sales for aging console; Xbox Live membership up 15 percent in latest quarter.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 console has hit 70 million sales since its launch in November 2005.

South Korean rapper's hugely popular song will be available in Ubisoft's new dancing game as DLC beginning in November.

BioWare Montreal producer confirms Commander Sherpard's story has come to a close; next game in role-playing game series will feature "very, very different context."

Sony Online Entertainment's new free-to-play online PC shooter arriving next month.

Wondering just how epic a battle can get? We sit down with James Russell from developer Creative Assembly for an exclusive first look at the battle gameplay from the new Total War: Rome II.