Charity effort Child's Play today officially kicked off its 2011 fundraising campaign, with a goal this year of raising $2 million. READ MORE

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will allow players to choose whether to turn to cannibalism or not according to the games BBFC listing. READ MORE

Not wanting to be forgotten about in the Grand Theft Auto V storm that has just kicked off, THQ has released several new screenshots of its own sandbox game Saints Row: The Third. READ MORE

Battlefield 3 is becoming known for its amazing environmental destruction, thanks to the Frostbite 2 engine, but according to Patrick Soderlund, Executive Vice President of EA, the upcoming Back to Karkand DLC will include even more. READ MORE

Rockstar has released four brand new high octane action screenshots for Max Payne 3. Of course, these will be completely overshadowed by the Grand Theft Auto V debut trailer we just posted. READ MORE

As promised, Rockstar has released the debut trailer for Grand Theft Auto V—and it shows a tantalizing peak at the huge environment we will get to play in. READ MORE

Hacking and piracy group Razor1911 has reportedly managed to enable copies of Battlefield 3 to play online by bypassing EA's Origin service. READ MORE

Canadian studio Silicon Knights confirmed rumors of staff cuts, but also teased a future project it is working on for the next generation. READ MORE

Volition today announced that for the PC version of their upcoming homage to homicide Saints Row: The Third, PC players will be receiving some exclusive elements. READ MORE

EA has released a new trailer for its upcoming Syndicate reboot which showcases the game's four player co-op. The video asks players to, "assemble your own syndicates for a hostile takeover," and it appears that the game will focus on completing objectives as a team. READ MORE

Activision and Infinity Ward have released a new behind the scenes video for Modern Warfare 3 which takes a look at the game's two new multiplayer modes, Kill Confirmed and Team Defender. READ MORE

The ten prestige emblems available in Modern Warfare 3 have been revealed online after being discovered among the game's possible GamerTag pictures. READ MORE

Bethesda has released a brand new behind the scenes video for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim which takes a look at the making of the game. The video is an extended trailer for the Behind the Wall: The Making of Skyrim documentary available inside The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Collector's Edition. READ MORE

If you’re any bit of a Lord of the Rings fan, you’ll be blown away by the lengths the development team went to make this look, sound, and feel faithful to that universe. READ MORE

For 20 years, Sonic the Hedgehog has been the fastest videogame character in the world. Sega’s original Sonic series managed to compete with Nintendo’s heavy hitter, Mario, because it gave players not only speed, but also multiple paths through every level. This core’s held over the years, even though the move to the third dimension hasn’t fared as well for the blue furball. Sonic: Generations brings the old and the new together, literally pitting the original 2D and current 3D Sonic in a tale intended to make original and current Sonic fans happy. Unfortunately, it only works half the time. READ MORE

Karl-Magnus Troedsson, General Manager at DICE, has revealed that Battlefield 3's lead development platform switched from PCs to consoles mid-development in order to meet the release date. READ MORE

EA and DICE announced they are working round-the-clock in order to improve the stability of the Battlefield 3 servers, and fix any issues that fans have been having since the game launched. Many fans have encountered disconnection issues, black screens and severe lag, just to name a few problems. READ MORE

Capcom has revealed plans to launch a beta for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City early next year. READ MORE

Games can educate us, entertain us, and enlighten us in many ways. They are also often more capable than any poorly written Hollywood blockbuster in scaring the s*** out of us and these terrifying tales are a testament to the medium’s interactive experience. So, in honor of this most horrific of holidays, we here at EGM have compiled a list of our top five games, in no particular order, that have probably collectively taken a couple of years off our lives and forced us to change our pants on several occasions. READ MORE

For fans of giant robotic metal machines waging war against one another, good news—the MechWarrior series is returning next year with MechWarrior Online. READ MORE