While the announcement that the Unreal 4 Engine is in development isn't anything new, Epic Games president Michael Capps' has revealed a rough release date for the technology. Speaking at Gamefest in Seattle, Capps talked about the engine's development and said that it won't come out until the next generation of consoles.

It seems that Electronic Arts isn't content to just put out PC games anymore. Destructoid is reporting that, as of its appearance at Comic Con, the publisher is planning to start selling pre-built PCs that will not only be capable of playing higher-end games, but will also be branded to the theme of the upcoming Crysis Warhead.

While PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 owners will get a chance to play the retro-licious Street Fighter IV from the comfort of their own couches, Wii owners are left out in the cold. But, according to SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono, if Wii owners complain enough, they might just get it.

The Ghosbusters game has been receiving a fair amount of buzz, so it came as a bit of a surprise when rumors began to swirl that the upcoming game was being canceled. These rumors stemmed from a release schedule published by Activision/Blizzard where a few notable titles were absent, including Ghostbusters, 50 Cent: Blood in the Sand, World in Conflict, Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, and Brutal Legend.

PC gaming wasn't a huge factor at this year's E3, but it seems that Microsoft was merely biding its time before making its big moves to try and perk up the waning PC gaming market. The company made a variety of positive announcements at the GameFest technology conference in Seattle this week, including the announcement of DirectX 11 and the removal, and in some cases refunding, of subscription fees for Games for Windows Live.

Nickelodeon's AddictingGames, one of the largest gaming sites for teens in the United States, is turning itself into a social hangout for generation Y and their younger brothers and sisters.

The game development platform du jour might be the iPhone 2.0 software, but News Corp.'s MySpace hopes to make a splash with a new contest in its Asian market: TheGame08, which pits developers against one another in an attempt to create a hit social game that runs on MySpace's platform. It all leads up to the legendary Tokyo Game Show this October.

A federal judge has sided with the maker of World of Warcraft in its attempt to shut down a third-party application that allows players to advance more quickly in the game than they normally could.

The video game industry's best-known event, E3, kicks off this week in Los Angeles, but most observers are expecting a lack of the kind of knock-your-socks-off news the show has been famous for in years past.

Yahoo Games announced on Thursday that it will expand into ad-supported online games by the end of the year, a move not without its controversy.

Activision shareholders will today vote on a $18.9 billion deal establishing Activision Blizzard as a market leader.

Arizona teenagers are getting a hand with learning how to break into the video game industry, thanks to a new program at Arizona State University called "Camp Game." The program is now in its second year, and it lets fifteen students from local high schools spend six weeks under the instruction of Ashish Amresh, a lecturer in the School of Computing and Informatics, and two other industry veterans. During this time, the students work on a number of amateur games and then put their final projects on display on the last day of the program.

The agency responsible for classifying movies in the UK wants more power to review and pass judgment on video games intended for younger audiences, and is answering critics who claim it would create a monumental bureaucracy.

The Castlevania franchise has recently seen quite the resurgence of popularity thanks to a strong line of DS titles and downloadable classics. Following the success of the handheld games, Konami has announced that Castlevania Judgment will be making its way to the Wii, but in an unexpected way: as a fighting game.

When the Byron Report came out in the UK a few months ago, a large portion of the video game industry breathed a sigh of relief when they read its conclusions. Instead of reading a report condemning video games and touting censorship, the report made a point of emphasizing parental involvement and education. The report didn't make everyone happy, though, as the British press seemed less-than-pleased with its conclusions.

The makers of World of Warcraft are offering players of the online role-playing game an optional layer of security in the form of an electronic token device called Blizzard Authenticator designed to prevent unauthorized access to an account.