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What you need to know Sci-fi action video game Sanctum 2 has been released in the UK.

Lots of video games on the market are advertised as a fun way to get fit. Consumer Reports checked out five: Nike Plus Kinect Training, Your Shape Fitness Evolved 2013, Just Dance 4, U-F-C Trainer, and Zumba Core.

In the West, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance was released on the Xbox 360. In Japan, it wasn't. Here's why.

The Transformers: Dark of the Moon game allows players to fight through the epic battles on Earth that will shape the events of the upcoming film.

If you asked random gamers to name the first device to pop in their heads when they heard the words 'video games', they would most likely name a device produced by either Sony , Microsoft or Nintendo ; Julie Uhrman is aiming to change that.

The Metal Gear Solid series is the seminal work of Hideo Kojima, Japan's master game creator, and the progenitor of the stealth action game genre Konami Digital Entertainment announced today that Metal Gear Solid: The Legacy Collection will arrive in North America and South America on July 9th, 2013, exclusively for PS3, priced $49.99. This ... (more)

Last week saw the teaser trailer for the upcoming prequel video game Batman: Arkham Origins , and now we have the full official trailer for the game.

Like other headsets in this line, the Plyr1 is designed for casual gamers. At $180, it's more expensive than rivals, but it does offer a few advantages.

The cover for Deadpool's upcoming video game has finally been revealed and seems to indicate more cameos, including Wolverine and Rogue! Check out the front and back covers below.

The infographic below shows how video games, including the Wii gaming console made by Japanese video game maker Nintendo, are being used to improve people's medical conditions from Parkinson's, to lazy eye to range-of-motion limitations.

The EA Online Pass was bothersome to most gamers. It required the entry of a one-use code that unlocked the multiplayer mode, or other features, of its games, designed to protect against used games.

Jorge Aguilar, 6, left, his grandmother Nedra Pike, and parents Ryan Pike and Whitney Mekus react to Sniff Sniff U Stink, an interactive exhibit at Grossology.

Video games came of age in the 1980s, a decade that was also the heyday of cheesy Hollywood action movies.

Acclaimed designer Sid Meier once described games as "a series of interesting choices" but when playing story-based games it's rare for your decisions to feel meaningful.

It's almost time for a new Xbox. Eight years have passed since Microsoft unveiled the Xbox 360, double the amount of time between the original Xbox debut in 2001 and its high-definition successor's launch in 2005.

The last time I played The Last of Us at Fan Expo Vancouver for the Canadian Video game awards , I felt like, while unique, the game's environment was a too repetitive and I got lost a few times over the course of the half hour demo I played.

Amazon updated its deals for the week of Sunday, May 19 with a host PS3, Xbox 360 , Wii U, PC, PS Vita and Nintendo 3DS "Graduation Deals" that discounts everything from the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria Collector's Edition by more than half to Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Skylanders Giants .

Retro Vault is our regular weekly feature in which we dive into gaming's past and share five classic nuggets of retro nostalgia.

It's perhaps a little ironic that the creators of some of the most beautiful console games ever made so very rarely promote their games using actual in-game footage or screenshots.

The once-delayed PlayStation Vita version of Insomniac's hybrid tower defense-action game Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault will launch next week as a downloadable PlayStation Network title in North America and Europe .