Warcraft devotees the world over will be need to book some time off work, dip into their savings and start working on their costumes - BlizzCon 2008 has just been confirmed.

Now in its third year, the gaming convention will take place in Anaheim, California between October 10 and 11.

Demand has caused Blizzard to expand the convention from two halls to three. Attendees can expect hands-on play time with upcoming releases (Lich ...

Neversoft's Guitar Hero IV will feature custom song creation and multiple instruments when it launches later on this year, says a US report.

According to Shacknews, the latest issue of Game Informer has spilled the first details on Guitar Hero 4. The forth title in the series will expand the musical peripheral offerings to include drum and vocal gameplay, in addition to bass and guitar.

The song creation process is a ...

The PC Gamer reader mail bag - well, I wish it was still a bag, like the kind rock stars used to get from their fans and People magazine would photograph them waist-deep in letters addressed by hand and covered in stickers and lipstick prints - is still overflowing with anxious letters from readers who are feeling a little, you know, inadequate in the processor department. Some of them want to know if they should go from AMD to Intel ...

BioWare has revised its plans to require Mass Effect PC users to re-authenticate the game every ten days or face the game not working.

As we reported last week, BioWare had previously decided on using anti-piracy software that had caused some heartache for The Sims and BioShock players.

Under the original plans, the game would have needed to re-authenticate itself with EA servers every ten days in order to still work.

After ...

Remember all that fuss over the Mass Effect sex scene that was spawned by Fox News not really having a clue about what its 'experts' were talking about? Looking back CEO of BioWare, Ray Muzyka, says it was all "an interesting experience."

Speaking to CVG at a recent EA press event, he explained, "At the end of the day, we're proud of the content in the game. It's all appropriate for the rating that's been assigned, the Mature ...

These are the first PS3-specific shots of Lexicon's futuristic racer, Voltage, which looks an awful lot like another hover craft racer from Nintendo.

The F-Zero-alike is the usual affair: "Voltage takes the rush and thrill of speed racing to a new level. Races take place far in the future on the planets of the Solar system, where players compete in the fastest and most technologically advanced races, to acquire the supreme ...

Take-Two has entered a partnership with Universal Studios to make a BioShock movie, and Gore Verbinski has been tapped to direct it.

"I was hanging out a lot with Ken Levine talking about gaming in general and I heard from Ken directly that they were thinking about making a movie," Verbinski told Variety.

"Of all the games out there, I think 'BioShock' is the one that's the most engaging. I think the whole utopia-gone-wrong ...

Criterion is bringing its hit arcade racer, Burnout Paradise, to PC.

The developer says that the new version is being "rebuilt specifically for the PC." Although it didn't specify exactly what changes would be made, it promises "expanded multiplayer, enhanced online features, and community driven content."

Burnout Paradise "will combine all the open world racing, intense speed and action of the original game with new gameplay for ...

Ever since puberty, guys have been comparing their stuff to other’s guys stuff to see how they measure up. I’m not just talking man-junk here. I mean cars, houses, wives, money, everything. And gaming rigs are no exception.

If your neighbor gets an 8800GTX, you get a GX2. If he puts in a case window, you get cold-cathode lights and a custom paint jobber from Smooth Creations. If he gets a dual-core proc, you have to get a ...

We've got two exclusive videos of Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures to show you. They come from a demonstration of the PC game, hence the guy speaking enthusiastically into the microphone. With some swearing, which is why there's an age gate on the video. Well, that and the bra-less succubus ...