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As anticipation mounts, our insider panel of iconic game characters spoils every surprise in store at E3 2012.

News Blips for May 10, 2012. Nintendo drops the price of the DSi, Dishonored will be out in time for a Halloween costume, and Assassin's Creed 3 has bears.

News Blips for Wednesday, May 9, 2012: BioShock Infinite slides into 2013; Modern Warfare 3 gets a new mode; and Wolfenstein 3D turns 20.

Not every sequel capitalizes on the promise of the original. Here's five examples of sequels they really didn't need to make.

News Blips for March 27, 2012. Assassin's Creed 3's European special editions announced, the Xbox 360 gets some new video apps, the Unreal Government Network revealed, and more.

News Blips for March 20, 2012. The Walking Dead's spoiler-y pre-order contest, more wackiness from the legislative branch, Kinect functionality in Dragon's Lair XBLA, and more

A very early look at promising indie title Contrast calls out some important pillars of game design.

News Blips for March 8, 2012. Meet BioShock Infinite's presidential Terminator, Deadly Premonition is coming to PS3, and Warner Bros. is bringing MMOs to the cloud.

News Blips for March 1, 2012. Assassin's Creed 3 gets a time and place, BioShock Infinite gets a date, and Minecraft reaches new heights.

While the big AAA-titles draw all the hype, here are five smaller (but no less ambitious) upcoming games that deserve your attention in 2012.

Trailers can send gamers into a frenzy of excitement, boost preorders, and cause severe cases of hype. Sometimes too much hype is not a good thing.

News Blips for January 19, 2012. Capcom announces Resident Evil 6, BioShock Infinite's 1999 Mode provides an interestingly designed extra chunk of challenge, and EA's stock falls on Star Wars: The Old Republic concerns.

Bioshock Infinite's "1999 Mode" promises to make substantial difficulty changes to the game, unlike most difficulty choices today.

If video games like Skyrim promote player freedom, why can't I find a more realistically proportioned wife? Answer: Do you really want fat elves?

Here they are: The hottest, most popular community articles from 2011, as written by you, the Bitmob community.

A snapshot of 2012's titles

Putting a video-game franchise on a yearly release schedule doesn't do developers or fans any favors.

News Blips for November 15, 2011. Rumors abound that EA's Origin service could appear on Nintendo's Wii U, BioShock Infinite Creative Director Ken Levin isn't in a rush for a film adaptation, and Sony reveals a Harry Potter-themed PS3 bundle.

Every time a new Call of Duty game comes out, everyone asks me if I am excited for it. Other gamers, and people in general, just assume that since it's a huge blockbuster that I will be picking it up. Guys, I have some news for you. I really don't care about it.

Video blips for October 28, 2011. Meet the voices of Bioshock Infinite, watch awesome executions in The Darkness 2, see the origins of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, and more.