As promised earlier, tonight’s episode of X-Play asked the questions that eager E3 09 anticipators wanted answered. Will bikini-clad booth babes be running rampant through each of the four massive halls the LA Convention Center has to offer, or will we be once again treated to a substandard event. Hit the jump, and let Adam [...]

Breaking E3 09 news just hit our overflowing inbox here at Ripten. If the previous X-Play E3 09 announcement regarding the event’s return to its roots, as well as the LA Convention Center, had you reaching for your gaming stash (don’t pretend you have no clue what I mean), then prepare to light up again [...]

Its getting cold, the leaves are turning orange, and your neighbor just put out a jack-o-lantern with Pacman carved into it (what a lazy ass). So, now you want to one-up the ante. Well, to help get you into the Halloween spirit, here are the best new games sure to get you in the mood [...]

Can a video game help cystic fibrosis patients improve their breathing technique? Will a virtual space with virtual consequences discourage violent acts against women by South African males? Well, that’s exactly what a group of video game development majors at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont are hoping to find out.

Extra extra, read all about it. G4TV’s X-Play has just announced the return of E3 to the LA Convention Center. In addition, they shared the following details: The event will run June 2nd-June 4th at the LA Convention Center. It still won’t be open to public, but ESA has plans to help increase attendance. Unemployed [...]

Today’s episode of the Dr. Phil show, titled “Virtual Chaos”, addresses video game addiction, and it isn’t pretty. The featured guests spend 80 hours a week on average playing “the game” (which is on more than one occasion revealed to be World of Warcraft), abandoning their jobs, ignoring their wives, and neglecting their children. One [...]

Do you live in the NYC area? Do you love beating the shit out of other people in videogames? Do you also like getting exclusive free stuff? Then you should check out the Capcom Street Fighter Club event happening in Brooklyn next weekend.

Chelsea here, posting a bit of news for John, who currently has his hands full with SingSterling. What is SingSterling? Why, it is Destructoid editor Jim Sterling’s 24-hour SingStar sing-a-thon for charity of course! Right now Jim has only raised about half of the amount he’s aiming for, so he’ll only be singing for 12 [...]

Editor’s Forward: While Ripten did report on news coming out of TGS 08, we were not able to attend the event in person. Therefore, we thought it may be interesting to our readers to get insight from a fellow journalist in the area who attended the event as non-press. Big thanks to Sean for the [...]

Blizzard has some big plans in store for Warcraft lore lovers. The company has announced their intent to tie Wrath of the Lich King dungeons in with the World of Warcraft lore. New dungeons will be connected to quests lines in an effort to further embellish the backstory behind Northrend, Arthas, the Titans, and others. [...]

The highly anticipated Fallout 3 is set to launch come the end of this month, and Bethesda’s prepared to ring it in with a bang. Next Saturday, Bethesda will be throwing a launch party for Fallout 3 in Los Angeles. It’s sure to entertain, as hosts will include Courtney Cox (there’s a Friendly face), David [...]

Any World of Warcraft player that has ever tried to carefully hurdle a pesky stream with their land mount, only to miss, get dismounted, and have to mount back up again, will be happy to know that Blizzard has heard your frustrated cry for help. We just got word that the first patch to be [...]

Day one of BlizzCon 08 wrapped up with a dance contest hosted by comedian Jay Mohr, and while there were no shortage of contestants, the gentleman below was our hands-down favorite “funny” dancer of the night. Anyone who has seen the SNL Chippendales skit featuring Patrick Swayze and the late Chris Farley will really appreciate [...]

BlizzCon 08 had no shortage of special guest appearances. In addition to the truck loads of draenei and night elves, the outskirts of the event are being patrolled by none other than Thrall. Check out the mighty Horde Warchief in action after the jump.

Blizzard talks about the changes made to Druids in the Wrath of the Lich King expansion to World of Warcraft.