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.

Reverb Publishing has entered into a site licensing agreement for use of Epic’s Unreal Engine 3, giving developers that sign with Reverb the ability to harness the power of Epic’s video game engine along with Reverb’s digital publishing program.

Earth is burning. Striking from beyond known space, a race of terrifying machines have begun their destruction of the human race. As Commander Shepard, an Alliance Marine, your only hope for saving mankind is to rally the civilizations of the galaxy and launch one final mission to take back the Earth.

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.

IndieGala has launched its second pay-what-you-want indie game bundle, with five great indie games, plus two more games and other items as a bonus for early buyers.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is an epic, open-world role-playing game set in Amalur, a mysterious and magical new fantasy world created by New York Times best-selling author R. A. Salvatore, bringing a new level of intense action combat to the RPG genre.

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.

Quarrel is an XBLA game in which up to four competitors strive for dominance through the creation of the most complex and valuable words to capture and colonize the territories formerly held by their contemporaries.

PopCap Games unveiled the results of a survey exploring the habits of the more than 10 million people who cheat at social video games in the U.S. and U.K.

SEE Games and Chinese developer XPEC Entertainment announced a strategic relationship to co-develop and distribute original downloadable games tied to major Hollywood IPs.

Microsoft is giving Xbox Live Indie Games developer a nice New Year's present by not only raising the maximum file size for indie titles, but also dropping the price.

IndieGala has launched its first pay-what-you-want indie game bundle, with five great indie games, plus two more games and other items as a bonus for early buyers.

By distilling specialized game hardware out of the equation, OnLive allows games to be played as a pure media experience on virtually any device, with the same flexibility and instant-play experience that we’ve come to expect from online video and music.

Targeting a wide audience, Microïds - Games for All brings together all Anuman Interactive video game business, with the exception of adventure games based on Microïds’ traditional major licenses.

Demonstrating its ongoing commitment to the development of new talent and creativity, Activision announced a call for submissions for the second Activision Independent Games Competition, an award program designed to foster innovation.

There's been a lot of talk about corporate license agreements lately with both Sony and EA updating their Terms of Service to require arbitration to resolve disputes and prohibit class action lawsuits, but there's another gem buried within the EA/Origin Terms of Service -- the company reserves the right to revoke all your games if you cheat or tell others how to cheat.

After a short flight delay, we've arrived in New York!  Haven't done much exploring yet. We got in, dropped off our bags, and headed off to a yummy dinner, but we'll start the touristy stuff in earnest tomorrow.

Due to our travel plans, we couldn't make the Forza 4 preview event, but Adam will be attending the Gears of War 3 multiplayer review sessions this week. Lucky bastard!

Supremacy MMA raises the bar in the MMA space by bringing an unprecedented level of fluid combat, intuitive controls and true-to-the-sport brutality.

In Deus Ex: Human Revolution you play Adam Jensen, a security specialist, handpicked to oversee the defense of one of America's most experimental biotechnology firms. But when a black ops team breaks in and kills the scientists you were hired to protect, everything you thought you knew about your job changes.

Madden NFL 12 provides an immersive and authentic experience that fans have come to expect from the franchise, including all 32 NFL teams and more than 1,700 NFL players.