Australia's interactive games industry reaped AU$1.5 billion of 'traditional retail' computer and video games sales in 2011, according to the Interactive Games & Entertainment Association (iGEA)...

The impression that older gamers are somehow universally savvier than younger ones, simply because they remember the days when games consoles had less processing power than a Tickle-Me-Elmo (and they had to walk four miles over broken glass to buy one), is false. At 30 I've listened to sound observations about games from 20-year-old gamers and deflected surprisingly childish ones from 40-year-old ones. There's no formula to it; it's matter of maturity, logic and reason, not your year of birth...

"Have you ever had to put back a game because you knew there was no way you could control the character?" asks Steve Spohn, Editor-in-Chief of the AbleGamers website and Community Outreach Chair the AbleGamers foundation. As someone afflicted by spinal muscular dystrophy, a disease that slowly ...

Welcome back to Game Scoop!, the weekly gaming podcast that attacks your funny bone for massive damage. Your guides through the week in gaming news will be Daemon Hatfield, Greg Miller, Andrew Goldfarb and Justin Davis...

The Darkness II, the sequel to the 2007 quad-wielding shooter, is set for release on Tuesday, February 7. Get a good long look at it a day early -- and win a copy for yourself -- during IGN's live stream on Monday, February 6...

Sega has revealed sales figures for two of its biggest games of 2011. In disclosing its financial results for the first nine months of this fiscal year, Sega reported that the Wii version of Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games has sold 2.4 million units worldwide since its launch ...

Sure, there are many video game commercials out there that have invaded our television sets in the past -- but which ones are the greatest? With the help of the My IGN community, we narrow down a list of 25 excellent video game commercials for your viewing pleasure...

Mass Effect 3 hasn't even been released, but BioWare may already be hinting that Mass Effect 4 is in the works...

This Friday, February 3, IGN will be live streaming two big games for you. First will be Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, when we'll unveil IGN's exclusive early review. Immediately following Reckoning, developer David Jaffe will be here to show Twisted Metal and answer your questions live...

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We've been busy gathering info on upcoming release dates spanning all the way to 2013 on a selective group of huge games...

During an earnings call today, THQ CEO Brian Farrell commented on the upcoming cycle of next-generation consoles. When asked if THQ was concerned about the risk of approaching a new hardware cycle, Farrell responded that new hardware presents "a tremendous amount of opportunity." He noted that the beginning of a console cycle is the best time to establish new intellectual property and that the next generation could provide an opportunity for the transformation of THQ...

Last year, THQ had a great deal of success with uDraw, a tablet-based controller released for the Nintendo Wii. The Wii version of the hardware shipped 1.7 million copies and THQ subsequently announced that it was bringing uDraw to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Eight months later, the company has revealed that it made a huge mistake...

This Friday, February 3, IGN will be live streaming two big games for you. First will be Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, when we'll unveil IGN's exclusive early review. Immediately following Reckoning, developer David Jaffe will be here to show Twisted Metal and answer your questions live...

Back in November, Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter predicted that Modern Warfare 3 would outsell Battlefield 3 by a margin of two to one. Recently-released numbers hint that he may have been correct...

Analysts from RW Baird predict that January sales figures in the United States could disappoint. The research group estimates that sales will be down 20% compared to January 2011 when NPD sales data is released later this month...

Next week Ubisoft will migrate its gaming servers. The publisher has said that many of its game will have their online modes "impacted" during the switch...

THQ's financial troubles continue, with a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing today revealing large scale redundancies and salary slashing at the beleaguered publisher...

Electronic Arts has revealed its third-quarter earnings for fiscal year 2012. According to a statement, the company claims it saw its highest operating cash flow in 31 quarters and generated over one hundred million dollars from Origin with over 9.3 million customers...

Almost three years after its predecessor shipped to stores, Capcom pulled back the curtain on Resident Evil 6. Judging by its debut trailer and a variety of news we've exclusively reported, this will be the most ambitious installment in the famed horror series yet...