When it comes to modding, one of the most active and extensive mod scenes is that of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas, with modders ranging from those wanting to learn, hobbyists, and even people who worked on the actual game.

Now you can have all the fun and tears of Monopoly but with aliens with this neat Mass Effect Monopoly set.

Play the classic game again, this March.

Looks like Microsoft is taking their focus on family gaming very seriously, with all gun props for avatars being pulled from the Marketplace as of January 1st.

It goes without saying that N-Control and the Avenger controller has taken some severe damage in the negative storm, but Moisés Chiullan is hoping all can be saved.

I thought the worst thing my mother could possibly do to get me to stop playing them vidya games was to turn them off without letting me save. As it turns out, being threatened with a butcher’s knife is definitely up there.

A 78% decrease.

As if you weren’t excited enough about Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, Hideo Kojima’s let it slip that we can also get excited over a new snakeskin 3DS.

One of my favourite things about Rock Band is using it as an avenue to give myself crippling RSI, and Harmonix is now making that a lot easier with the addition of a 20 minute song.

Where did gaming terms place on the list?

The not yet official port of Diablo 3 to consoles may not yet have actually been announced, but they're definitely hiring enough staff for it.

Free-to-play just wouldn't work for such a major game, it would appear, according to Bioware.

Chinese developer Snail Games proves that people will buy things that don't exist in a game that they've never played - I have an opera house in Sydney they can buy.

Buying one of the copies from the first run of Twisted Metal will net you a digital copy of Twisted Metal Black

There have been a lot of rumours about Half-Life 3 lately and, in this industry, there is usually no smoke without fire. Valve just called in the fire brigade.

A bunch of writers yammer on about all the stuff that happened in video games in 2011.

Vita sales are down 78% over launch. Does this mean Sony's new handheld is a flop?

An ex-Konami employee has won her lawsuit against Konami over alleged maternity leave discrimination.

The Zybourne Clock - a game concept that never was, but will live forever. The Zybourne Clock is possibly the best example of people putting more effort into parodies than into the actual product itself - and really, the results are hilarious.

Don’t have enough money for a new Xbox 360? Want it right now? Why don’t you just print your own money? ...Oh, it’ll get you arrested. Right.