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What’s up with BioShock Infinite‘s box art? Here’s the answer.

Not only do the songs mirror the plot of BioShock Infinite — sometimes capturing the gameplay at exactly that time — but there are significant themes that emerge as you look at the soundtrack as a whole.

Wired senior editor Peter Rubin and I sit down to discuss the Museum of Modern Art’s acquisition of 14 videogames on this week’s edition of the Game|Life podcast.

Ken Levine, creator of BioShock Infinite, wants his ambitious game to be the one that breaks out of gaming’s niche and engages a broader audience.

Plague Inc., a game for iOS and Android, has spread just like a virus in 2012. Challenging players to wipe out the entire world with a carefully constructed disease, the 99-cent game has been chronically infecting the App Store’s charts …

Ready for another week of game releases? Well, there’s not much to speak of this week besides Far Cry 3.

The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) just announced it has acquired 14 videogames for a new category of artworks there, and some in the art world are aflutter: “Sorry MoMA, video games are not art.” The videogames MoMA is jumpstarting …

On this week’s edition of the Game|Life podcast, we’re pleased to be joined by David Ventura, who until just recently was the head of technology at iNiS.

What do you get when you combine Legend of Zelda with dubstep DJ Skrillex?

The Museum of Modern Art in New York has acquired a selection of 14 video games as part of a concerted effort to celebrate gaming as an artistic medium.

Bungie, the creator of the acclaimed first-person shooter series Halo, has released the first official piece of artwork from its next game franchise Destiny.

The good news: After six years on the market, Wii now has a price of under $100. Bad news: in Canada.

It’s hard to call a war game “realistic” when the player can select “continue” after being shot in the head. A new crop of games is aiming to fix that.

It only took me $25 and a few hours of practice to become the top-ranked player in the world on Endless Road.

All of the major retailers are offering deep discounts on gaming systems this Black Friday, but some are much better than others. I’ve sifted through everything to find the best values for your money, the rock-bottom lowest prices and the …

Another developer might have gone into a rage. A bigger company might have issued a cease and desist. But the creator of Super Hexagon was more level-headed than you or I might have been at the theft of our hard …

After four intense episodes, The Walking Dead is finally coming to an end this week.

Wii U has overpromised and underdelivered. Here are the 10 things that tick me off the most.

The $15-a-month subscription game is dying. But it’s not because players are cheap, it’s because they’re bored.

Tore Blystad, creative director of Hitman: Absolution, is our special guest on this week’s episode of the Game|Life podcast.