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This week during a PAX East panel, 343 Industries announced a free new Forge map for Halo 4 that will give players plenty of open space to build on. Forge maps allow players to craft their own levels by using a variety of prefabricated structures as building blocks. The new map includes three giant,... More

PAX East has descended upon Boston once again, and Game Informer (well, just me) is there to take part in the festivities. The final day is wrapping up as I type this, and I managed to grab some shots on the show floor. Take a look: A forbidden love. Gumby confidently struts across the show floor. Thief... More

Developed by the same husband and wife team that made The Dishwasher, Charlie Murder is poised to be another solid co-op brawler on Xbox Live Arcade. Featuring a unique art style, full RPG-style levelling, and hints of River City Ransom, it looks to be a solid new entry in the genre. Up to four players... More

In Divekick by Iron Galaxy Studios, you can dive and kick people as characters named Dive and Kick. There are two buttons. One button makes you dive and the other button makes you kick. That's the gist of Divekick, an upcoming PS3, Vita, and PC fighting game that delights in its own absurdity. Its... More

In the PAX East Indie Megabooth, two developers from Finnish developer Facepalm Games are situated at a small booth with a game that shows as much promise as anything else I've seen at the show so far. It only takes a few minutes of playing or watching The Swapper to appreciate the possibilities... More

At a PAX East booth that it shared with DoubleFine, developer Capybara Games showed off the upcoming XBLA title Super Time Force. Originally planned as an experimental side project for the studio, Microsoft was impressed with what they saw and signed on as publisher. From my time with the game, it seems... More

We're a couple of months away from Leap's release in May , but the USB device was demonstrated at DoubleFine's PAX East booth. We had a chance to test it out with the launch game DropChord, and came away impressed with its accuracy. Leap is a small USB device that sits in front of your desktop... More

Wizards of the Coast will have Magic 2014 – Duels of the Planeswalkers on display at PAX East, but that’s not all the news the card game developing company has announced. Also on the way are the Magic 2014 Core Set for the paper trading card game and Magic Online. The product lineup is for... More

The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness series is finally coming to an end, and we've got a glimpse of the action through a finale teaser from Penny Arcade and Zeboyd. The finale is the fourth chapter in the series and has our heroes, Tycho Brahe and Jonathan Gabriel, traveling through a destroyed world... More

NetherRealm Studios’ new fighter featuring popular DC Comic characters like Batman and Superman will give players the option of buying a season pass if they pick the title up on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. The season pass will give players four of the upcoming downloadable characters for the price... More

In preparation for PAX East, Double Fine has released a teaser trailer for their upcoming Leap Motion-compatible game, Dropchord. Dropchord is a music-based game compatible with the Leap Motion controller and will be available on PC, Mac and iOS. The game will be a playable through a demo at PAX East... More

If you're in Boston this weekend for PAX East, you might want to swing over to Blizzard's booth. The company is letting attendees get their hands on the PS3 version of Diablo III. The demo tosses a solo demon hunter or barbarian into a mission in the game's third act. Blizzard says it'll... More

Capcom has released a plethora of new info about its upcoming update to its Nintendo 3DS title, with Raid Mode receiving most of the attention. Rachel, a character introduced in the handheld title, will join series favorite Hunk as a new character in Raid Mode. Not to be outdone by the heroes, two new... More

Armored spiders (shown frolicking happily in the video below) are the stars of Neverwinter’s Hero of the North Founder’s Pack program. The pack guarantees access and VIP perks to Neverwinter’s second beta weekend for a limited time on March 8-10 and March 22-24, as well as access to... More

Update : Three-day passes are sold out in just over 24 hours. Single-day passes are still available. -------------------------------------- Original story : Tickets for the annual Penny Arcade Expo in Boston, Mass. are now on sale. Hotels reservations, The Boston Indie Showcase and panel submissions... More

Markus "Notch" Persson has made huge waves in the gaming industry in the last couple of years, with his creation Minecraft becoming a bonafide phenomenon. However, his influence on the industry isn't limited to development. Ever since his rise to internet fame, his trademark not-quite-a... More

During their PAX East panel today, members of Gearbox announced that Borderlands 2 will be adding a Mechromancer class and character customization to the massive shooter. Rather than a stock assortment of gear and costumes, players will have to earn their new wardrobes. New gear, costume pieces, and... More

PAX East just wrapped its second day, and the cosplayers were out in force yet again. Take a look below at some of what I saw on the show floor today. R2-D2 takes in a Rock Band performance. A Transformer silently judges a non-transforming peer. Chell and a great replica of the Portal gun. No idea what... More

Unfortunately, we can't all be at PAX East. There simply isn't a large enough venue for everyone, and also traveling to Boston this close to Easter is a problem for many. Luckily, 2k games and Gearbox understands our plight, and are live streaming from the show floor to bring us gameplay and... More

I'm here in Boston for PAX East 2012, and the show floor is filled with all sorts of cosplaying and general nerdery. I've got my camera with me, and I plan on snagging a few shots as I scramble from meeting to meeting. Here's what I've seen on the show floor at the Boston Convention &... More