Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure review

5th Cell’s noble attempt to combine the massive DC Comics universe with the imagination-fueled puzzle-solving of the Scribblenauts series falls notably short due to a lack of emphasis in the game on its source material.

Vicarious Visions’ president on balancing between two audiences in Skylanders

Vicarious Visions president Guha Bala chats with Digital Trends about what's to come in Skylanders: Swap Force and how the dev teams strikes a balance between kid-friendly play and depth for the older crowd.

Valve concludes its week of reveals with the Steam Controller

Valve caps off a week full of reveals with a first look at the Steam Controller, a new input method that resembles a traditional gamepad, only it features dual trackpads in place of thumbsticks and features a touchscreen interface.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 review

Konami strips the Pro Evolution Soccer series to its bare fundamentals for one last show on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 before shifting to next-gen consoles. While it sacrifices style for sparseness, the game is an admirably pure experience.

China’s 13-year ban on video games and console sales set to end

China approves plans to establish a free-trade zone in Shanghai, a policy change that includes putting an end to the country's 13-year ban on video game consoles and their games.

MSI GX70 review

MSI’s GX70 is one of the few all-AMD gaming laptops still sold. Pairing an A10-5750M with a Radeon 8970M, it brings the company’s biggest guns, but can AMD’s best hardware compete with Intel’s impressive fourth-gen quads?

Naughty Dog shows off a slightly more… whimsical alternate ending for ‘The Last of Us’

Naughty Dog’s ‘The Last of Us’ had one of the more powerful and emotional stories of the year. During the mo-cap filming of the finale though, Naughty Dog had a… different take on things.

Xbox One game capture offers picture-in-picture commentary

Microsoft's Phil Harrison shows off the Xbox One's Upload Studio, an app that allows players to capture as much gameplay footage as they like and then record a video commentary track for either side-by-side or picture-in-picture presentation.

‘South Park: Stick of Truth’ finally has a release date

‘South Park: Stick of Truth,’ Ubisoft and Obsidian Entertainment’s long-awaited RPG based on the popular cartoon, has been given a release date of December 10.

Forget the Steam Box, meet Valve’s ‘Steam Machines’

Following the debut of the SteamOS, in the second of three planned announcements this week Valve has announced a line of Steam-friendly devices designed for the living room.