New Consoles on the Way, but Gaming Isn’t the Same
By NICK WINGFIELD
Sales of a new generation of consoles could be dented by tablets, smartphones and Facebook, which offer games at lower prices.
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The multipurpose concept advances: the Sony PlayStation 4, left, and the Microsoft Xbox One.
Sony’s PlayStation 4, due out on Friday, and Microsoft’s Xbox One, coming in one week, accelerate the game console’s shift to multipurpose machine.
From Roman Gladiators to Marauding Goblins
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP and STEPHEN TOTILO
Games designed for PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One offer some interesting twists.
Video Game Review
A Fantastical Shootout, Moving Across Space and Time
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Call of Duty: Ghosts begins just before an attack on the United States by a South American alliance.
Video Game Review
Does It Say ‘Arrgh’ When You Make a Kill?
By STEPHEN TOTILO
The newest entry in the Assassin’s Creed game series, Black Flag, explores 18th-century pirate life in the Caribbean.
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Delayed Gratification for Maker of Grand Theft Auto
By NICK WINGFIELD
Take-Two Interactive Software, the games publisher behind Grand Theft Auto V, had to delay its recognition of sales from the blockbuster title because of accounting rules.
Video Game Review
The Crusader Leaps Back Into the Past
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Batman: Arkham Origins, the third installment in the well-received Arkham series, looks at how Batman first encountered some of his notable allies and adversaries.
This Is War (for a Game Industry’s Soul)
By DAVID STREITFELD
With “Battlefield 4,” a Swedish team is trying to make an even more vivid military shooter video game. The genre is under siege from the rising popularity of smartphone games.
Ubisoft’s Delay of Watch Dogs Sends Shares Crashing
By MARK SCOTT
The release of the Ubisoft game Watch Dogs, expected to be a blockbuster on the order of Grand Theft Auto, has been delayed until June 2014.
Video Game Review
Mixing Fairy Dust With Urban Grit
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
In The Wolf Among Us, fairy-tale characters live in secret in New York City after being cast out from their homelands.
Video Game Review
A Bit of Mystery, a Bit of Hollywood
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Beyond: Two Souls, a new thriller for the PlayStation 3, stars Ellen Page as a woman with a mysterious connection to an otherworldly creature.
Video Game Review
Virtual Teamwork: Double Duty for One
By STEPHEN TOTILO
In Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, a player controls both brothers as they try to find a cure for their ill father in a medieval European town.
Video Game Review
Grand Theft Auto V Is a Return to the Comedy of Violence
By CHRIS SUELLENTROP
Grand Theft Auto V involves three main characters with less soul searching on their minds than their predecessor had.
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Video Game Review, Beyond: Two Souls
Quantic Dream's newest cinematic game for Playstation 3 explores the action-packed emotional journey of a young woman with a mysterious gift.
Video Game Review: Grand Theft Auto V
Rockstar Games’s newest installment of Grand Theft Auto is set in a fictional version of Los Angeles.
