Welcome to This Week in Gaming, where we take a look back at some of the most newsworthy events in gaming history from last year to even decades ago that happened this very week. Take a gander at some of the highlights and see which spark nostalgia and which may still be news to you. [...]

It’s been an excellent six months for the Ninja Gaiden franchise. After years of missteps with censored PS3 versions and a flawed Ninja Gaiden 3 release that was knocked for being too easy and taking away some of the combat system’s depth and violence, the beloved series is back on track. Team Ninja listened to [...]

Fry’s has some great values for the…shall we say thrifty games out there. For $10, you can get Pure, Alpha Protocol, Bulletstorm LE, or Just Dance Kids 2 for the PS3. $40 gets you either Just Dance 4, Black Ops, Max Payne 3, or Sleeping Dogs for the 360. Wii owners can get either Rhythm [...]

It’s not often we get to write an article about a game reaching five million copies sold — let alone a downloadable game on XBLA — but that’s exactly the milestone that the enormous-engine-that-did reached today. That’s right, Mojang’s Daniel Kaplan has tweeted that Minecraft has sold five million copies on XBLA. That incredible milestone comes [...]

Those who haven’t already gotten their fill of the retro 8-bit top-down shooter in the time since it originally debuted in October, or more likely are desperate for achievements, can finally snag Vblank’s game on Xbox Live Arcade today. Retro City Rampage is available for 800 msp via Xbox Live or right here. It’s a [...]

According to Major Nelson, from now until the spring of 2013, the 360 will be getting 40 new apps. 10 of them will be launching this week, including CNET, Karaoke, Maxim, and SkyDrive hitting the U.S., while Zattoo hits Germany, VEVO expands to Spain, Italy, and France, Napster hits Germany and the UK, Arte comes [...]

Content to tease us, Epic has released two new pieces of key art for Gears of War Judgement. The beautifully rendered image features Baird, Cole and Sofia ready to squash some locust scum. While nothing about the image gives us any more indication of what the game will be like, it’s official enough to make [...]

Assassin’s Creed III is one of those rare games conceived to be revolutionary from the beginning. In development since the second title launched in 2009, Ubisoft had enough confidence in it to release the next two entries in the series numberless. A sales-impacting decision that would soon render them side-adventures, Assassin’s Creed III needed to [...]

Let’s be honest: there’s no good reason to buy a retail version of Telltale’s The Walking Dead. Those interested in the game could have already purchased it on XBLA, PC or PSN for $24.99. Unless you didn’t have an internet collection or would prefer paying $5 more for a delayed physical product, reasons for adoption [...]

Back when Dance Dance Revolution was reigning supreme, who would have thought matless games would be the future — or even possible? Yet here we are, ten years later, with DDR a mere afterthought in a “Just Dance Central” world. While that game was primarily reserved for solo-exercises and hardcore teams, Just Dance exists for [...]