If there's one thing you can say about BioWare, it's that they don't ever seem to take a break. Ever. 1UP.com got their hands on an early copy of Dragon Age: Awakenings, this month's expansion to Dragon Age: Origins. Inside the box was an interesting advert (pictured above) teasing...well, something. What it is exactly is anyone's guess (but there's a pretty good chance it's Dragon Age-rela... more.

OnLive, the magical PC and Mac streaming-game service will be launching June 17th. The on-demand service will cost you $14.95/month. Requiring a 1.5 Mbps connection for standard-def games (5 Mbps for HD), the service pipes games to your PC, TV, Mac...whatever has the client installed! The $14.95/month is the price of entry; games will cost extra. You will be able to play demos for free, ... more.

Considering the overall success of last year's Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition, this was inevitable right? This summer, the second installment in the Monkey Island series will be receiving the Special Edition treatment, including new high-def graphics, a re-mastered musical score, full voiceover, and an in-depth hint system. Says LucasArts President Darrell Rodriguez: "The Secr... more.

In his keynote speech for the Social and Online Games Summit at this year's Game Developers Conference, Playfish Vice President and co-founder Kristian Segerstrale speculated that in three to five years the term "social games" will be akin to the phrase "electronic television" in that social networking will eventually become so intertwined with video games that social games will cease to become a ... more.

Capcom has finally delivered news about the last character to be included in Super Street Fighter IV, a brand new fighter hailing from Turkey named Hakan. According to Capcom the red skinned Yağlı güreş master is set to add “some of the most insane moves and Ultra Combos in the series.” Hakan will join T. Hawk, Dee Jay, Juri, Adon, Cody, Guy, Dudley, Ibuki and Makoto in the upcoming rel... more.

The 10th annual Game Developers Conference kicked off on March 9th. About 17,000 veteran and aspiring game developers, art designers, and programmers are expected to spend the next several days at San Francisco’s Moscone Center discussing the hottest current issues in the gaming industry. The conference, which will continue until Saturday March 13, will feature roughly 400 talks, lectures, a... more.

Some exciting news has emerged today from EA and Visceral Games, as information has been released about a fantastic new contest for all of you Dead Space fans out there that thought the first game just wasn’t gruesome enough. The basic premise of the competition is simple; Come up with a creative and horrific way for Isaac Clarke to dismember a Necromorph Slasher, Lurker or Leaper. And th... more.

While the US military does its own thing with the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, Microsoft has their own agenda for the issue of sexual orientation and discrimination. In the past, homosexual gamers have been disappointed to find that the revealing of their sexual orientation, let alone putting it in their own gamertag, was considered sexually explicit and therefore against the Live code of condu... more.

The Just Cause 2 demo is now available for download worldwide on PC (via Steam), Xbox 360, and PlayStation3. Featuring 35 square miles of "adrenaline-fuelled gameplay", the demo of the anticipated freeroaming action-adventure from Square-Enix is packed with opportunities for chaos. The demo is set in the south-western Panaun desert and contains 16 civillian towns and military bases, one of t... more.

Think you've always had a million-dollar idea? Well, it looks like you're in luck! Nexon America has just launched the Nexon iNitiative, their new program that is offering up to $1 Million to support the next generation of game developers. Developers selected by the Nexon iNitiative will earn a share of the money to help support their game's development. These games—expected to be PC-bas... more.