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If you know anything at all about Wreck-It Ralph, Disney’s latest animated film, you know that it’s an homage to classic videogames. The eponymous main character is an archetypal action game “bad guy,” and the twist is that when the …

“Wii U guidance is both disappointing (for hardware) and unrealistic (for software),” the managing director of equity research at Wedbush wrote in a note to investors on Wednesday, following the release of Nintendo’s financial results for the first half of …

Game developers say that the iPad mini’s increased portability could have a huge impact on the mobile game industry, boosting the importance of tablet gaming.

For the week of October 23-29, there is something for everyone: Forza Horizon, Medal of Honor: Warfighter if you feel like spending $60, indie hit The Unfinished Swan if you don’t, and even a new Professor Layton for Nintendo 3DS.

Being hit up for money while playing a free game is expected. It’s not considered an imposition on players. In contrast, being asked for more money at every turn while playing something that already cost $60 can really rub players …

It’s just business as usual in the game industry. Developers staff up to make a huge game, then shed members once it ships because they no longer have anything for them to do. It happens again and again, whether the …

In 1984 Peter Molyneux designed his first videogame, a business simulator called The Entrepreneur, and was so sure of its success that he warned the local post office to hire extra mail carriers to cope with the onslaught of orders. …

8-Bitty, a retro game pad for Apple and Android devices, is great — if you can find games that work with it. The problem is, there aren’t very many at all.

With the SimCity franchise approaching the quarter-century-old mark, developer Maxis decided it was time to refresh the series. Wired.co.uk wanted to know what goes into reconstructing the world’s best-known city builder, so we went straight to the source.

Swampy the Alligator is just one of the ways that Disney’s stable of popular and lucrative characters is being shaped and changed by videogames. And he’s not even the most obvious.

Do you struggle to remember the periodic table of elements, but have no trouble recalling all of the Pokemon? Can’t find that French vocabulary word you crammed on the airplane to Paris, but still remember all the words to “We …

Outwitters has been a financial disaster. One Man Left has spent nearly a year and half working on the game, which cost over $300,000 to create. Stewart says the free-to-play game has been downloaded about 560,000 times, but has only …

Anybody with an iPhone or Android device is a few taps away from becoming a “gamer.” If crossing those barriers to become a “gamer” no longer requires any significant effort or investment, perhaps anyone claiming to be one is supporting …

In a recent interview with IGN, Sony trotted out that old line about PlayStation Vita: “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” I disagree.

Dishonored, a new videogame available on Tuesday for consoles and PC, is brilliant. It’s a riveting story of love and betrayal set in an imaginative dystopian whale-oil steampunk nightmare city in which you attain supernatural powers that help you stab …

Skulk into a secure compound and eliminate a high-profile target, then make it out alive. The formula is nothing new, but imagine if Assassin’s Creed hero Ezio could teleport. Or stop time.

What have we, the hosts of Game|Life’s podcast, been playing? Dishonored, the upcoming stealth-supernatural adventure from Arkane Studios and Bethesda. Can we talk about it? No.

It’s one of the last games that Electronic Arts is still releasing on Nintendo’s aging Wii hardware. But buyers of this year’s footy sim got a nasty surprise: EA didn’t bother developing a new version. On Wii, FIFA 13 is …

What if George Washington, upon being handed the reins of power in a newly formed America, had held onto them as tyrannically as the king he had helped to overthrow? Would you assassinate the father of our country?

With adept marketing, attractive characters and original content, Rovio is poised to become the Nintendo of the mobile world: the foremost maker of appealing, fun games designed around the strengths of the new platforms.

On this week’s episode of Game|Life Video, I find myself in a bit of a bind: My iPhone menu is so clogged with 99-cent games that I can’t fit any more onto the screen. I’ve got to delete some of …