New renders for upcoming role-playing game show off sprawling environments, castle set in the mountains; players may be able to control castles in new game.

Penny Arcade Expo coming to Melbourne in 2013 and 2014; Victorian government onboard to support and promote expo.

Black Ops 2 gets a season pass, Microsoft and Nintendo half-heartedly drop some prices, GoG does a crazy-awesome Interplay promo, and Criterion is pondering a new Road Rash.

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.