League of Legends developer Riot Games this week rolled out an interesting new program that offers new hires cash to quit the company. Any new hire in North America can participate in the new Queue Dodge program during their first 60 days on the job, and are eligible to receive 10 percent of their annual […]

A small team at Fable creator Lionhead Studios is currently working on a pair of non-Fable prototypes in hopes of discovering what the company’s “next big IP” could be. Lionhead Studios boss John Needham told Eurogamer Germany (via Eurogamer) that this eight-person incubation team is not only working on entirely new projects, but also game […]

Ahead of the Xbox One’s release in Japan this September, Microsoft has announced the platform’s software launch lineup, and it’s pretty impressive. The list comes courtesy of Famitsu (translated by Kotaku), and includes 30 games in total. Activision’s Destiny is not on the list because that game is exclusive to PlayStation platforms in Japan. Another […]

Capcom’s popular zombie series Dead Rising is now the latest video game franchise to get a movie deal. Variety reports that a full-length digital film based on the series is in development and will debut on Sony’s Crackle streaming service. The film will become the first project created by Legendary Digital Media, the offshoot of […]

Respawn Entertainment’s multiplayer-focused shooter Titanfall is currently free to download and play on Origin for a period of 48 hours. The freebie is part of Electronic Arts’ new “Game Time” program, which unlocks the entire Titanfall experience–not just a demo version of the game. The Game Time clock begins when you start the game for […]

The PC version of open-world zombie game Dead Rising 3 will launch through Steam on September 5, Capcom has announced. The game will sell for $50 at launch, though you can pre-purchase the game right now for $37.49. The promotional price ends tomorrow, June 21. Previously, the PC version of Dead Rising 3 had a […]

There must have been magic in that Hooters parking lot. A block away from the convention center, scattered across a series of trailers baking in the L.A. sun, lay an exhibition that showed how electronic entertainment goes beyond the spectacle that dominates our attention. Braving the mid-afternoon heat to see Devolver’s games was worth getting […]

Indicating a continuing commitment to indie games, Microsoft has launched Outlast, the indie horror game from developer Red Barrels, on Xbox One. The game focuses on the experience of a journalist who breaks into an insane asylum in Colorado. He is armed with only a night-vision camera and the ability to hide, so it becomes […]