Tom Bissell was an acclaimed, prize-winning young writer. Then he started playing the video game Grand Theft Auto. For three years he has been cocaine addicted, sleep deprived and barely able to write a word. Any regrets? Absolutely none.

Microsoft's Xbox 360 outsold Nintendo's Wii in February to claim the top spot in the U.S. monthly sales ranking for the first time in more than two years, analyst group NPD said Thursday. Overall the industry had a poor month with total sales down 15 percent from February last year.

Down again overall, with upticks in Xbox 360 and PS3 sales and BioShock 2 ruling the software roost, that's February's US video game narrative in a nutshell courtesy NPD Group's retail industry figures. Overall video game industry sales slumped 15 percent, falling from $1.48 billion to $1.26 bil

It’s officially official: Valve will bring its Steam online distribution service and titles from its massive library of hit games to the Mac this April, the company confirmed Monday. The successful content-delivery service will bring Valve titles like Left 4 Dead and the upcoming Portal 2, as well

Earlier this week we had the chance to visit Firaxis to get a look at the newest version of Civilization. We'll be talking a lot about the specific features of the game next week, but today we're taking a look at some of the inspirations behind the sequel and how lead designer Jon Shafer and prod

Last month the gaming giant Ubisoft announced their new über-DRM which requires customers to be continuously online in order to play purchased games. Of course, this DRM was circumvented in a few hours and while downplaying this blunder, Ubisoft fails to see that they’ve only increased piracy.

There are 3 types of celebrities. There are the talented kind of celebrities: writers, directors, musicians, thespians. Then there are the untalented kind of celebrities: reality TV "stars", famous by having famous family members and sex tape creators. Then there is the "so rich we could buy the

Ubisoft has long had some controversial ideas about how DRM should be used, but when PC Gamer was given a review copy of Assassin's Creed 2 on the PC it seemed as if the reality was going to be much worse than what opponents to DRM had feared: the game requires an always-on 'Net connection and co

What James Bond needs is to meet some real movie villains, and lose. After all, he is 007, so there are at least 6 other MI6 agents that can replace him.

This is one of the most thought provoking videos I’ve seen this year, but also one of the most frustrating, as it chronicles just what it means to have a life shaped by video games, which some may argue mine has been. It tells the animated tale of a real-life guy who took a step back from video gam