Now-scrapped first version of Doom 4 "had a bit of schizophrenia, a little bit of an identity crisis. It didn't have the passion and soul of what an id game is," said id Software.

The Assassin's Creed series has an overall arc, says Black Flag director, though Ubisoft has "given ourselves room to fit more in this arc."

The retail release of Minecraft: Xbox 360 takes a second week at the top of the UK charts.

This week Jess proves that she's both incapable of building a water bridge and reading a map without drawing monsters. Also, Zorine laughs.

Producer Katsuhiro Harada states that Tekken X Street Fighter is still being developed; no new updates on the game announced.

A Naughty Dog developer has confirmed the game was modified to meet legal requirements in PAL markets.

Crysis developer's websites have been taken down following suspicious activity; users will be prompted to change their passwords once services are restored.

No additional characters will be released for the brawler; balance patch and free skins coming later this year.

This week Cam delivers a virtual reality check and investigates the effect of the Oculus Rift on the human brain.

This week on Top 5 Skyrim Mod, Cam, Seb, and Kevin VanNord take up taming animals, make a new follower friend, and visit the grandest of player homes, Dragon Cliff Manor.

World's best teams descend on Valve's headquarters in Seattle to compete for over $2.8 million.

The PS4 will have 5.5GB of RAM for developers, the Xbox is getting community moderation, Fez II is cancelled and Bioshock Infinite DLC is happening!

32 players come to QuakeCon to compete for up $25,000 in Quake Live tournament.

Id Software co-founder says "it's almost weird how close" the two next-generation platforms are.

Sony Online Entertainment's new MMO game aims to be different from all others with multi-classing, destructible environments, permanent change, emergent AI, and new Landmark creation tool.

Entertainment Software Rating Board slightly altering appearance of ratings icons; first design change in over a decade.

Much like Fez creator Phil Fish, Johnny has done a runner this week. Seb steps in to fill the void and handle the fallout of Fez 2 being canned.

Jason Rohrer's upcoming game The Castle Doctrine presents an ethically simplistic view of what are in reality some extraordinarily complex issues.

[UPDATE] Kickstarter project removed from platform due to intellectual property dispute; production team says it is reaching out to Square Enix in hopes of continuing the campaign.

Four new shots of Abstergo Entertainment surface online, the setting for the modern storyline in Assassin Creed IV: Black Flag.