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Microsoft finally unveiled the Xbox One and it didn't come without its fair share rebuttal.

It's bad enough that hackers could compromise multiplayer servers for a number of popular first-person shooters, but it's potentially even worse that they could use the same knowledge to infiltrate the U.S. government.

What are you doing after the apocalypse? Video-game creators have been asking that question for years, with results ranging from Bethesda's sublime "Fallout 3" to id Software's forgettable "Rage." Ukrainian developer 4A Games fell somewhere in between with 2010's "Metro: 2033," based on the bleak fiction of Russian novelist Dmitry Glukhovsky.

Budapest, Hungary May 22, 2013 Renown indie developer NeocoreGames today announced that The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing , a gothic-noir steampunk action-RPG influenced by Bram Stoker's Dracula, is now available worldwide for Windows PC for $14.99 through Steam .

Post-apocalyptic video games have become somewhat of a been-there-done-that setting with games like Bethesda's Fallout series and id Software' Rage seeing releases in recent memory.

Back in April we covered how a server plug-in allowed for the Super Mario game to be played within a Counter-Strike game.

Russians can be a bleak, bleak people. Not always, of course; just like any other culture, they can be warm and optimistic as well, but Russians do bleak very well in their fiction.

GamersGate is hosting a big sale on Bethesda titles this weekend, featuring games from the last few years of the company's history on sale for a fraction of the usual price.

Fans of Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto from way back in the day probably remember a little total conversion expansion for the very first GTA called GTA London 1969 .

When id Software first came out with Wolfenstein 3D, it blew my mind away. Multi-player? That was virtually impossible in the day back then considering the technical limitations, and fragging became commonplace only with the introduction of Doom and subsequently, the Quake series.

The first-person shooter series Wolfenstein is making a comeback this year. Wolfenstein: The New Order is in development for PS3, Xbox 360, PC and next-generation consoles.

Bethesda announced yesterday on its official Bethesda Blog that a new playtesting lab in Dallas, Texas will soon be open to the gaming public.

This December, id Software 's classic shooter DOOM will turn 20 years old. Symbiote Studios is commemorating this anniversary by releasing a vinyl figure modeled after the game's space marine hero.

The embargo has lifted on a round of previews across international publications that were treated to a hands-off demo of the hugely anticipated Grand Theft Auto V, bringing with them a raft of new details on Rockstar's return to Los Santos, and an assortment of new screenshots and character art.