Microsoft reveals a demo of Halo 4 during a press event at Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles.
With a nod to the future, Sony paid tribute to the gamer and revealed new, power-packed and very bloody titles at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles on Monday.
In 2012, when people build farms on Facebook, kill pigs on their phones and gun down mutant space aliens on their home consoles, how do you define the word "gamer"?
When "Sorcery" was demonstrated during the Sony presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2010, it was touted as the quintessential game for the new Move motion controller, showcasing how action can be directed with the new device.
When the Nintendo 3DS was introduced at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in 2010, one of the announced games that drew the most favorable reaction was "Kid Icarus: Uprising."
Sony says it's not quite game over for the PlayStation 3.
In this economy, it might be easier to grab a virtual margarita than a real one.
Maybe it helps for the nation's highest court to say it, too?
The Supreme Court struck down a California law that would have banned selling "violent" video games to children.
While 46,800 attendees spent the weekend recuperating from the video game industry's largest annual convention, diehard gamers were catching up on all the news from their couches.
Join Doug Gross to see the latest games on the floor of the world's biggest gaming expo, E3.
It's been a big week for video gamers.
Art from different video games is displayed at the Into the Pixel gallery at E3 2011.
Keep debating whether video games are art if you wish. At E3, the world's biggest gaming expo, it's a closed question. Here, video games are definitely art -- and a gallery-style exhibit aims to prove it to as many people as care to look.
At the world's biggest showcase for video games, Nintendo made the biggest splash this week with the unveiling of Wii U -- the next generation of its popular, motion-controlled gaming system.
Sound and fury are the hallmarks of the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo, the biggest video gaming event of the year.
Microsoft announces new Kinect features, live TV and an exciting new game for XBox 360 at E3 2011.
Live TV on the Xbox and a more mature second generation of games for the Kinect were among the promises at a Microsoft briefing Monday in advance of the E3 video-game expo.
After weeks of headlines about the outage of its hacker-compromised online gaming system, Sony on Monday looked to change the conversation with Playstation Vita, a machine they say will "revolutionize" handheld game play.
The new device will feature six-axis motion sensors, front and rear cameras, a touchscreen and a touchpad on the back.
In the ever-growing society of video-game culture, E3 is the coming-out party.
The Wii, once the cutting edge of video game technology, is headed the way of the Atari 2600 and the Sega Genesis.
Gamers might have to wait at least another three years before there's any update to their Xbox or PlayStation consoles.
Gamers got some long-awaited answers about Nintendo's 3-D hand-held gaming system on Wednesday.
The Nintendo 3DS has a release date, and it won't be in time for the holidays.
Comic-Con International makes headlines mostly as a showcase for Hollywood's latest offerings, but video game companies know how to make an impression at the show as well.
If you are a video gamer or know a gamer, here are the games and consoles that should be must-haves in the coming months.
Nintendo's jump into 3-D gaming and "Rage," a game that combines racing with first-person shooting, topped the list of nominees in "The Best of E3 2010."
From "Mario Kart" to "Mortal Kombat," last week's Electronic Entertainment Expo made one thing abundantly clear: 3-D gaming is just around the corner.
During the Electronic Entertainment Expo, Microsoft unveiled a new name for its motion controller and showed off what Kinect can do on the Xbox 360.
Playing high-profile video games quickly from portable devices such as your iPad might get easier after this week's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
From motion controls to cloud-computing solutions and 3-D gaming technology, there was no shortage of futuristic goodies on display at this year's interactive entertainment industry confab E3.
LOS ANGELES -- When EA Sports suggested to Strikeforce CEO Scott Coker three months ago that it would like his mixed martial arts promotion to do "something big" at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo -- an annual three-day exercise in sensory overload put on by the multi-billion-dollar video game industry for the purpose of showcasing its latest and greatest products -- he admittedly aimed too low.
At the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo, testers show off Sony Playstation's newest device, Move.
"Move," Sony's motion-sensor system for the PlayStation 3, will hit stores in September, entering an increasingly competitive gaming space that, until now, had only one resident -- the Nintendo Wii.
The Sony PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox made moves on Nintendo's Wii at the Electronic Entertainment Expo -- the three days each year when all eyes are on the video-gaming world.
You can watch video games in 3-D. You can hear them in stereo. And you can make your characters move like you do.
A physics professor uses science to quiet the noise from gamers. CNN speaks with inventor of "KOR-fx" Shahriar Afshar.
What could bring Leonard Nimoy out of his newly minted retirement?
Actor Leonard Nimoy shows CNN how to step into a movie with Yoostar 2 at E3 in Los Angeles.
At the E3 video game expo in Los Angeles, Nintendo unveils the first 3-D console that doesn't require 3-D glasses.
When developers and publishers of the world's most popular games get together, expect big announcements, big promises and a few surprises.
The gaming world is mesmerized this week by the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the annual circus of light and sound that acts as a launch pad for many of the industry's most exciting announcements.
For gamers, it's a digital Christmas Eve, Mardi Gras and Fourth of July all rolled into one.
"Kinectimals," a new video game for Microsoft's Kinect motion-control gaming system, lets children pet a tiger cub.
If Microsoft has its way, we all will be playing video games by moving our bodies instead of holding remotes starting November 4.
Microsoft and Cirque du Soleil jumped the gun on Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) events with a special pre-show gala Sunday night celebrating motion-control system Project Natal's official renaming as "Kinect."
Microsoft has been more than coy about its upcoming motion control hardware, known at the moment as Project Natal. Some members of the press, more fortunate than we are, have seen it, although their coverage could only include images of the writers, not the hardware or the game itself. In some demos last year Peter Molyneux helped the reporters play with the creepy virtual boy, Milo, who could name the color of the writer's shirt, among other parlor tricks.
The 3-D entertainment craze continues to spread to video games. Nintendo announced Tuesday it will introduce a handheld console that plays games in 3-D without the use of special glasses.
In January, sales were up 13 percent over the year before, reported industry analyst the NPD Group, and that trend continued in February, with a 10 percent boost over 2008.
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