Turn Your PlayStation Vita into a cell phone
Do console-quality graphics plus Skype equal mobile bliss? Not quite.
Week in Gaming: Syrian sanctions and Japanese gambling games
Plus Old Republic's drooping subscribers and Microsoft's subsidized 360.
Republique reaches Kickstarter goal with hours to go
Late surge pushes unique stealth title over the top
Japan poised to limit gambling-style collecting in social games
Many in and around the video game industry have long been concerned with the way many social games seem designed to encourage compulsive spending on digital gewgaws rather than strategic gameplay...
EA: The Old Republic has lost nearly 25% of its subscribers since March
It looks like the analysts were right in their suspicions that EA and Bioware's The Old Republic MMO is already losing subscribers just a few months after its late 2011 launch....
Subsidized Xbox 360: bad deal for consumers, missed opportunity for Microsoft
When we first heard rumors last week that Microsoft was planning to offer a cheap Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle to customers who committed to two years of a new monthly...
Week in Gaming: Blizzard’s real-money auctions, Nintendo’s retail downloads
The biggest story of the week, based on reader interest, was Blizzard's announcement of total fees amounting to up to 30 percent for real money sales in the Diablo III auction...
Virtual shooting games may improve real-world accuracy, won’t make you a sniper
Admitted Norwegian shooter Anders Behring Breivik set off a firestorm of discussion a few weeks ago when he said at his trial that he prepared for his rampage by playing Call...
Report: Microsoft to offer $99 Xbox 360 bundle with online service commitment
Buying a home video game console may soon become a lot more like buying a cell phone, according to a new report suggesting Microsoft is planning to offer a subsidized, $99...
Nintendo’s odd attempt to bridge the digital/retail sales divide
When Nintendo announced last week that it would soon start offering the majority of its retail 3DS and Wii U games as digital downloads, it represented a major change in policy...
2007 raids on console mod-chippers result in indictments nearly 5 years later
In a press release that went largely unnoticed last month (hat tip: GamePolitics), the Department of Justice announced indictments against ten individuals that were the subject of a nationwide raid targeting alleged vide...
Ars May Gaming Outlook: From Diablo to Retro
With so many video games released every month, it can be hard to tell which titles are worth your time, and which are worth a pass. The Ars Gaming Outlook is...
