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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.

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

Niantic, the company behind the wildly popular Pokemon Go mobile game, has come under criticism from players following an update to the game that has removed key features and blocked all third party tracking apps.

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.

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.

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.

Protect civilians as you fight off a brutal surprise attack on the ground before launching into space to take out the source of the invasion in this extended gameplay clip from Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

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.

The developers of The Walking Dead, Tales from the Borderlands, and The Wolf Among Us bring their vision of The Dark Knight to life in Batman: The Telltale Series.

Lincoln Clay seeks vengeance against the mob family that left him for dead in Mafia III.

The third expansion for Star Wars Battlefront will bring maps based around the iconic Death Star to the game.

The hacking group who claimed responsibility for the temporary shutdown of Pokémon Go servers over the weekend have warned of a “larger scale attack” in two weeks time.

YouTube star PewDiePie blasted gaming news outlets for focusing on him and denied claims that he was involved in any wrongdoing after it emerged that Warner Bros. paid a number of YouTubers for promoted videos of their game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor without instructing them to disclose they were paid for those videos.

A man narrowly escaped with his life after crashing his car into a tree whilst playing the hit augmented reality game Pokémon Go.

Check out this gameplay demonstration from the remastered version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare to be included as a pre-order bonus for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare.

A Pokemon Go player from Oregon recently was stabbed while catching Pokemon but continued to play the game before seeking medical attention.

Many people are already attempting to cash in on the success of real world location based video game Pokemon Go. Some are even attempting to live out their childhood dream by becoming full time professional Pokemon trainers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission says Warner Bros. has agreed to settle charges that it deceived consumers by not properly disclosing that it paid those with big followings on YouTube and social media to promote a video game.

Call of Duty: Black Ops III’s latest expansion, “Descent,” brings four new multiplayer maps and the next chapter of the Zombies co-operative experience.

Pokémon Go players who have logged in to the game using their Google account may have given the app permission to go through all of their Google data, including emails and website history.

The Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. is attempting to get the area removed from augmented reality game Pokémon Go, after numerous players have been crowding at the location in an attempt to catch Pokémon.

The Pokémon Go mobile game is on the verge of surpassing Twitter in daily active users on Android devices. The game, based on the Japanese media franchise Pokémon, allows users to catch Pokémon using real world locations, and has proved

RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — Authorities in central Wyoming are investigating after a woman playing the popular smartphone game Pokemon Go found a man’s body in a river.

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.

At this year’s E3, I was given the chance to sit down with Ubisoft Montreal’s For Honor, a weighty and engaging take on medieval combat pitting Vikings vs. Samurai vs. Knights. It was better than anything I’d anticipated.

A new gaming peripheral is providing amputees with a way to enjoy their gaming hobby once again.

The first DLC pack for Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End multiplayer adds a new map, weapons, abilities, and customization options.

Eight players can team up in a fight for survival against overwhelming enemy odds in Warzone Firefight for Halo 5: Guardians.

Face off against unholy Nazi zombies, dangerous robots, and dragons in the ruins of Stalingrad in the “Gorod Krovi” chapter of Call of Duty: Black Ops III Zombies, coming with the “Descent” DLC pack.

Developer Spiders’ sci-fi RPG The Technomancer blends magic and technology as players battle for the fate of Mars.

Destiny on “legacy” consoles has been essentially retired and will wrap up the remainder of its existence with minimal support from Bungie.

At this year’s E3, I interviewed Bungie’s Scott Taylor on co-operative shooter Destiny’s new expansion Rise of Iron, player concerns, and hints toward the game’s inevitable sequel.

The biggest sensation in video games this year has been Battlefield 1 by a wide margin. The game with the top-rated trailer on YouTube was also one of the best experiences at E3 2016 and did a lot to rejuvenate my hope for the franchise.

Rare’s next big project, open-world pirate adventure Sea of Thieves, was one of the best experiences I had with a game on this year’s E3 show floor.