Leonardo DiCaprio is signed up to play Atari-creator Nolan Bushnell in a biopic that the movie star will also produce.

The movie is currently without a director, but it will be written by Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman, according to Variety.

Bushnell has been targeted by various Hollywood studios over the years, but the two writers apparently were the only ones to convince him they could do his life justice.

Whether or ...

There’s plenty to fall in love with these first few months of 09, so bring candies for Chun-Li when Street Fighter IV is released, roses for Batman: Arkham Asylum’s Harley Quinn and maybe a teddy bear for Alma in F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (she looks like she could use a hug). But don’t let these new faces make you forget our loves of yesteryear. Now is the perfect time to catch up on any games you missed during the ...

Valve announced at a Thursday press event Steam Cloud, a feature that will let Steam users access not only their Steam games from any computer (that feature is already available), but also "game-generated data" such as save games and configurations.

Steam Cloud will be rolled out first in existing Valve titles Half-Life and Half-Life 2. Counter-Strike will soon support the feature, and the upcoming Left4Dead will ship with ...

A couple of days ago Valve released the results of their Steam hardware survey, which collects data on the computers of more than 1.7 million Steam users who opted-in (don’t worry, Valve isn’t spying on you unless you give permission). This isn’t the end-all-be-all of PC gaming statistics, but it’s an excellent sample of the hardware we game on. ...

Motherboard heavyweight Asus will begin embedding a lightweight version of Linux to motherboards, beginning with the P5Q family and eventually extending across the entire motherboard product line, the company announced last week in conjunction with DeviceVM. DeviceVM developed Splashtop, which Asus is rebranding as Express Gate, and it will allow users to access the Internet, chat clients, Skype, and other things that just ...

Can you correctly identify from what game and what platform each of the sprites above originated? Can you also identify all nine "Bonus!" celebrity sprites in The Worst Celebrity Renders of All Time? If so, you could win a FREE GAME of your choice. Begin the pixel hunt today! ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...