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The House Oversight Committee has voted to hold Hillary Clinton’s chief IT staffer Bryan Pagliano in contempt of Congress after failing to present himself to testify regarding his former employer’s private e-mail server.

Half a million Pokemon Go players have been tricked into downloading an app onto their Android phone that does a little more than advertised.

A multi-million dollar Hillary Clinton super PAC has graduated from arguing with voters on social media to offering cash for information they can use to smear Donald Trump.

PC graphics card manufacturer Nvidia has delivered an update to their utility software and is forcing users to create mandatory online accounts to use it.

Fallout 4 and Skyrim developer Bethesda has publicly called out Sony for the lack of mod support on PS4.

In one of my personal favorite interviews, the prolific Elias Toufexis and I talk voice acting, player agency, and all of the chatter surrounding Deus Ex: Mankind Divided.

Sony has been paying special attention to the global success of Pokemon Go, and now they want in on that action.

The world’s biggest YouTube celebrity was unverified and then suspended on Twitter, and no one seems quite sure why.

Weappy Studio’s This Is The Police is a gripping, narrative driven police chief simulator, loaded with hard choices and deals with the Devil that is sometimes bogged down by its own gameplay mechanics.

A Chinese surgeon and a controversial Italian neurosurgeon will attempt to transplant the head of a terminally disabled Russian man onto a body that could allow him to survive.

Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky is a truly disappointing excursion into a universe of wholly untapped potential.

ZeniMax has updated their intellectual property lawsuit against Oculus Rift to explicitly accuse legendary developer John Carmack of theft.

A five-year old girl is now fatherless after Adam Hilarie matched with the wrong woman on online dating site PlentyOfFish.

I recently had the pleasure to speak with Eidos Montreal’s primary bionics consultant for the Deus Ex series, Will Rosellini.

Double Fine’s Headlander is a trippy 70’s romp through “Metroidvania” gameplay and a worthwhile purchase for those who don’t mind its simplified take on the subgenre. https://youtu.be/EmbrHyh5OWk Both Metroid and Castlevania introduced us to the idea of “open world” platforming,

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, the latest entry from the team at Eidos Montreal, lives up to the Deus Ex legacy, which is in and of itself high praise. It’s a capable and compelling role-playing game that refines the gameplay of Human Revolution and confronts harsh issues without treating its players like children.

The launch of No Man’s Sky has been just as divisive as creator Sean Murray predicted, and then some. During the no doubt agonizing wait for my personal opinion on the year’s biggest release so far, let’s talk a bit

On the eve of its release, Hello Games released a massive update to No Man’s Sky and reiterated their idea of what you “do” in their procedurally-generated universe.

Rocketcat Games’ Death Road to Canada is a survival action roguelike that delivers simple and punishing thrills.

Despite Pokemon Go’s massive success, Niantic CEO John Hanke has a vision for a game that operates on an even grander scale — starting on the surface of your eyes.

Japanese Olympic gymnast Kohei Uchimura is apparently just as devoted to becoming a Pokemon master as competing in the Olympics, to the tune of about $5,000.

Marketing for the upcoming sci-fi RPG Deus Ex: Mankind Divided has proven controversial, adapting current racial politics and messaging to fit its dystopic cyberpunk future.

New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has taken steps to keep Pokemon Go out of the hands of convicted sex offenders.

Curt Schilling and 38 Studios have been cleared of criminal wrongdoing following a lengthy investigation after the shuttering of the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning developer.

After paying $1,250 for a leaked advance copy of No Man’s Sky, one player has made his journey to the center of Hello Games’ universe within a matter of hours.

Effective August 26th, video game developer BioWare will shut down its official forums.

Catching them all just got harder: Combined with a controversial patch to Pokemon Go, the removal of Pokemon tracking apps like Pokevision has left many players frustrated.

A new era of space exploration comes with new challenges, chief among them our own sun’s radiation.

Spiders’ The Technomancer is a lackluster pseudo-sequel to the more interesting sci-fi RPG Mars: War Logs and a step backward from their previous work.

Nintendo’s Pokemon Go Plus accessory has been delayed in the midst of broader concerns about the corporation’s stock valuation.

Pokemon Go is a hit, and not just among consumers. Video game retailer GameStop is also reaping the benefits of the augmented reality monster collection craze with 100% increases in sales at some stores.

Countless smaller games crowded the E3 floor this year, and among them were some real hidden gems. Dontnod’s Vampyr looks like a particularly brutal take on the now stereotypically “tweener” vampire genre.

San Francisco just hosted a massive impromptu Pokemon event, courtesy of over 9,000 avid fans and their smartphones.

My pick for Game of the Show at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo is Mafia III. Developer Hangar 13 and publisher 2K have combined the best elements of the Mafia franchise with the innovations of their competitors, and the result is an unforgettable ride.

At E3 2016, I sat down for a conversation with Activision’s Jacob Minkoff and Chad Findley about Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare and how Infinity Ward is doing something very different with a series everyone thinks they know.