US Vice President Joe Biden is set to meet with representatives from the video game industry to discuss the role of violent video games as part of a wider task force. Full Story

National Rifle Association vice president Wayne LaPierre says violent video games like Bulletstorm and Mortal Kombat partially to blame for last week's deadly shooting in Connecticut. Full Story

Epic Games president Mike Capps confirms work began on Bulletstorm follow-up before People Can Fly shifted to new project; piracy hurt PC version of original. Full Story

Classification board's annual survey shows ratings breakdown of 55 percent E for Everyone, 18 percent Everyone 10+, 21 percent Teen, and 1 percent Early Childhood. Full Story

GDC 2011: Epic design director discusses learning from the past, building more open new intellectual property for the future, and avoiding glory holes. Full Story

First-person shooting galore, witch double-teaming, and a little painting goes a long way for the next few days. Full Story

Epic Games releases free game parody of Activision's popular military first-person shooter to promote its own take on the genre. Full Story

CEO John Riccitiello says plan to reestablish footing in FPS market is on track with Crysis 2 and Bulletstorm--but that he's "very excited" about another unannounced title. Full Story

Studio founder and president discusses just-announced test of Gears of War 3, Bulletstorm pack-in, and the status of the big-screen version of the franchise. Full Story

New releases this week highlighted by EA's shooter reboot, 5th Cell's creative sequel; others hitting shelves include Lucha Libre, Borderlands GOTY. Full Story

Sid Meier's latest PC strategy sim headlines a relatively light week, as Final Fantasy XIV Online early access opens and F1 2010 peels out. Full Story

Id's postapocalyptic actioner leads multipublication panel's award nominees; Epic Mickey, Dance Central, and Portal 2 all net four nods each; winners to be revealed next week. Full Story

Epic Games and People Can Fly's EA Partners-published first-person shooter detailed for Microsoft's and Sony's platforms, due Q1 2011. Full Story

Late Night host tweets that gamers should "Set your TiVos! And your Xboxes" for unveiling of Epic Games design director's next project. Full Story

Gears of War maker VP Mark Rein shoots down speculation of publisher-developer rift, reveals "major expansion" for shooter en route; worldwide sales now top 1 million. Full Story

Gears of War developer's president discusses partnering with Electronic Arts, dissects the publisher-developer relationship, and divulges the existence of another new IP. Full Story

Unreal maker scoops up majority share after collaborating with the Polish studio on PC Gears of War; two collaborating on all-new mystery game. Full Story

Austrian publisher signs exclusive distribution deal, lists 2007 releases. Full Story

Big-time PSP fighter leads small-time lineup of games this week; arcade classic Galaga marks third Xbox Live Wednesdays download. Full Story

Inspirationally named Polish studio joins THQ's suite for unnamed next-generation games. Full Story

CPL to hold Painkiller competition in Turkey next month; tour stops in Europe, US, South America, and Asia. Full Story

DreamCatcher and People Can Fly give the modding crowd the tools they require, along with a new patch and a server update. Full Story

DreamCatcher Interactive releases a two-map, 16-player demo of its recently released first-person shooter. Full Story

First taste of multiplayer play for DreamCatcher's hellish shooter will feature two maps. Full Story

[UPDATE] After customers complain the new shooter won't load, DreamCatcher says emulator incompatibility is the culprit and a patch is en route. Full Story

[UPDATED] Get a three-map taste of Painkiller in this exclusive GameSpot demo premiere. Full Story

Web site for DreamCatcher's Xbox/PC shooter debuts; first demo due February 16th. Full Story

Developer names GeForce FX the preferred GPU of its upcoming horror shooter Painkiller. Full Story

DreamCatcher Games announces that it's now accepting applications for its upcoming Painkiller multiplayer beta test. Full Story