More 
than six months ago, Electronic Arts announced that after a two-year absence, NBA Live would be returning to store shelves this fall in a reboot that would “[capture] the future of basketball.”
But with a mere two months to go before the tip off of this year’s NBA season, we don’t know much more about the game. It was at E3, but no one was allowed to touch it, and it didn’t look great. Since then? Virtually nothing. What’s going on here?
Another 
big video game franchise may be headed to your local multiplex.
Columbia Pictures and Konami have announced plans to create a cinematic adaptation of Metal Gear Solid — which, ironically, is one of the most movie-like games in the industry.
As 
Zynga’s stock continues to hover around its all-time low, the number of high-level executives bailing from the social games maker is reaching critical mass.
Chief Creative Officer Mike Verdu is the latest to jump ship, announcing Tuesday that he was leaving the company to start a new firm.
After 
a long day of taking arrows in the knee, it’s nice to have somewhere to kick up your feet.
Hearthfire, the next downloadable expansion to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, will let players purchase land and build houses from the ground up. The add-on is set to release for the Xbox 360 on September 4 for 400 Microsoft points. There’s no set date at this point for a PC or PS3 version.
The 
$60 video game isn’t going away anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean you have to shell out big money if you want to play a triple-A title these days.
More and more big-name games are now offering free experiences. Even better, they’re being made by some of the industry’s top developers with the same cutting-edge graphics engines powering pricey releases. So long as you don’t fall too far down the rabbit hole of microtransactions, you can have all sorts of fun without dropping a cent.
Sorry, 
New York Giants fans: Big Blue isn’t going to make it to Super Bowl XLVII. Heck, they won’t even make it to the playoffs.
That’s the prediction, at least, of the latest incarnation of EA’s venerable Madden football franchise.
Humans 
gave up their species exclusivity on video games a long time ago.
Monkeys have been playing Pac-Man for years. Cats are regularly beating humans in iPad app battles. And now, fish are getting in the swim of things.
The 
saga of the U.S. women’s soccer team during this year’s Olympics may have been as captivating as the “Fab Five” or Michael Phelps’ quest to set an Olympic medal record, but when it comes to the world of video games, soccer is strictly a sport for men.
It’s a frustrating reality — and one that excludes a wide swath of potential players. And now the executive producer of EA’s immensely popular FIFA franchise is acknowledging the problem.In a conversation with Kotaku, EA’s David Rutter noted that while women’s soccer won’t be a feature in this year’s installment of the game (it’s too late to add it), it’s something the team is considering.
It’s 
game over for the oldest existing video game magazine.
Nintendo Power, once considered required reading for gamers, is calling it quits, a victim of the Internet age and a lack of support from the company whose name it bore.
Nintendo 
seems to once again be winning the battle of the handheld gaming systems.
Sony reports it has sold 2.2 million PlayStation Vitas worldwide through June 30th. That’s not a bad figure, but it falls woefully short of the 17 million 3DS units that have been sold.
Chris Morris: Journalist 