Portal Prelude Trailer

Banzai for glory: Red Orchestra 2 Rising Storm beta impressions

Charge into the enemy guns with RO2's latest expansions.

Microsoft reveals the Xbox One: must go online once a day, will charge to play used games

Everything you need to know about Microsoft's announcement last night.

Boycotting DLC: Why we need to stop paying for extras we should have got in the first place

James vents some steam.

Path of Exile launches an AU gateway: We talk to Grinding Gear about bandwidth costs, lag, and more

Bandwidth costs in Australia "over a hundred times more expensive" than other countries.

Building heroic scenarios, tweaking valor, and reduced XP: We talk to Blizzard’s Ion Hazzikostas about WoW 5.3

Why are Blizzard slashing the XP for the final five levels by 33%? Find out inside.

Sunday eSports: A life unfulfiled – IdrA’s retirement, and where to go from here

The retirement of Greg “IdrA” Fields gives the world of eSports an opportunity to address a deeply uncomfortable topic.

Legal opinion: What keeps a game true to the IP?

What legal measures are in place to ensure that licensed games don't just... suck?

Friday Tech Roundup (24 May 2013): GTX 780 wholesale price revealed

Get ready to drop around $750 on this promising beast.

Sitrep: The Tragic Comedy of Super-Serious FPS Games

So serious.

Friday Tech Roundup (17 May 2013): Windows 8.1 is almost upon us

Plus, Google CEO says "don't be evil" was "stupid", and the $325,000 in-vitro burger.