Everyone was putting on a cheery face and plenty of back-slapping was going around, but there was no mistaking the feeling that the company was about to take a big gamble.

Wired sat down with Microsoft corporate vice president Phil Harrison to get some answers about Xbox One's still-murky feature set.

Many a game designer has left messages etched permanently in the data of our games, buried deep within the code and not intended to be seen by us.

Wired senior editor Peter Rubin spent a few days in Redmond, Washington getting the inside scoop on the new console, and we sat down to discuss all the news and what it means for you.

Gamers are very, very interested in what Microsoft is doing. Because how its gaming ecosystem works will likely play a big part in laying down the new rules for how games are made, bought, and sold.

In this new teaser video, you can see the PlayStation 4. Sort of. Not really.

Wired senior editor Peter Rubin joins me to explore two Electronic Arts announcements that might prove quite telling of gaming's future.

Sega said it would bring a new Sonic the Hedgehog game, subtitled Lost World, exclusively to Wii U and 3DS.

Nintendo has said that it is working with YouTube to place advertisements in front of user-created videos of Nintendo games. This might be a bad idea.

Wired senior editor Peter Rubin and I will be coming to you weekly with opinion, analysis and interviews, a format pulled from our successful audio podcast and brought to the videographic world.

Electronic Arts says it will no longer include an Online Pass that makes used-game buyers pay extra for online game services.

Gran Turismo 6 is coming to PlayStation 3 this holiday season.

Grant Kirkhope, composer of game soundtracks like Banjo-Kazooie and Goldeneye 007, has made his work available for free.

The team behind the original Incredible Machine franchise is back with Contraption Maker, an all-new spiritual successor to the classic Rube Goldberg machine puzzler.

Wired's gaming geeks discuss the week's news: Electronic Arts' Star Wars exclusive, a new Eternal Darkness (mostly) and more.

In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Wired invites all of our readers to a unique game of Twenty Questions.

Ouya, the $99, Android-powered game console, has been bumped from its planned June 4 retail launch to June 25, according to a press release issued by its maker today.

Angry Birds Friends is the least interesting product that Rovio has ever put out. How would I have done it differently? I'm so glad you asked!

Elements of Shadow of the Eternals were created at game developer Silicon Knights and were sold to new developer Precursor Games, Wired has learned.

Star Command was Kickstarted twice, but the game that has now been released into the wild is not the game that was promised.