It's been a year since the PlayStation Vita launched in North America, and SCEA wants to celebrate that milestone with Vita owners.

Former Firaxis Games employee and Civilization V lead designer Jon Shafer has founded Michigan-based independent studio Conifer Games.

Crytek unveiled their ninth worldwide studio, situated in Austin, Texas, USA. Crytek USA Corp. is the company’s first US-based studio and is ideally placed to embrace exciting new game, engine and business development opportunities in North America and beyond.

EA announced that servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates, just like it has in the past few years. Fans may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates.

SEGA announced that Total War developer Creative Assembly, have entered into a multi-title licensing deal with Games Workshop to create videogames based in the Warhammer universe of fantasy battles.

Valve announced the third set of titles proceeding to worldwide distribution opportunities through Steam Greenlight.

Dynamite Bundle is a collection of eight PC games, available to download now at a whopping 95% off the total RRP.

Set in the sprawling city of Los Santos and the surrounding area,  Grand Theft Auto V delivers a world of unprecedented scale and detail bursting with life, from mountaintops to the depths of the ocean.

The Indie Royale Fall Bundle is led by hit RPG ‘ To the Moon’, along with the graphically gorgeous ‘Oil Rush’ *and* critically acclaimed adventure ‘Blackwell Deception’, not to mention other great titles too!

Continuing its spearheading 10 year history of spreading the art and culture of video games and their music around the world, Video Games Live is proud to announce 30 more tour dates kicking off this week in Santiago, Chile.

Epic Games announces the opening of Impossible Studios, a company comprised of highly skilled, senior-level game development talent.

Online game developer and publisher GameSamba announced at San Diego Comic-Con that funimation Entertainment has bought a majority stake in the company.

GameStop customers are staying ahead of the game with the latest announcements from E3 and can now pre-order the hottest games of the show in stores and online.

2K Play and Nickelodeon announced new video games that celebrate the imaginative, educational and interactive worlds of Nickelodeon’s hit preschool series, Dora the Explorer, Bubble Guppies and Team Umizoomi.

Icarus Studios, known for Fallen Earth, has merged with Zabu Studio to create MFV, a development studio dedicated to combining physical merchandise with interactive technology on new platforms.

A new survey shows that the majority of consumers believe video games should encourage physical activity and that “physically active” video games can complement traditional exercise.

Set in the year 2025, Call of Duty: Black Ops II propels players into global conflict featuring advanced weaponry, robotics and drone warfare in a new Cold War scenario whose seeds are being sown in today’s headlines.

The first version of North & South, adapted for the Bluecoats comics book, was launched by Infogrames in 1989. The game takes place during the American Civil War and gamers plays the Northern Army.

London 2012: The Official Video Game of the Olympic Games will allow gamers to create their own moments of sporting history and fame by experiencing the thrill and adrenaline rush of the events and disciplines that will be a part of the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Nordic Games hereby announces a cooperation with polish developer The Farm 51, known for having worked on Painkiller and The Witcher.

Yesterday, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, Senior District Judge Thelton E. Henderson entered an order preliminarily approving a class action settlement Baron and Budd reached with GameStop Corporation.

Game designer Jane Jensen and composer Robert Holmes, both 20+ year veterans of the video game industry, have formed Pinkerton Road, a new studio devoted to developing adventure games with deep and compelling storylines.

Rovio Entertainment, creator of Angry Birds, announced the acquisition of Futuremark Games Studio, the gaming arm of benchmarking software developer Futuremark.

Every year in the ruins of what was once North America, the evil Capitol of the nation of Panem forces each of its 12 districts to send a teenage boy and girl to compete in the Hunger Games. A twisted punishment for a past uprising and an ongoing government intimidation tactic, the Hunger Games are a nationally televised event in which tributes must fight until one survivor remains.

EA announced that servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates, just like it has the past few years. Fans may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates.EA announced that servers for the games listed below will be shut down on the indicated dates, just like it has the past few years. Fans may continue to play the games online up until these dates, but certain community programs may begin to close down prior to the shutdown dates.