It’s called Version 1.3, but don’t let the mid-range number fool you — today’s PlayStation Home update has been marketed as a major improvement to the PlayStation Network’s avatar-populated hangout.

Since its public debut in December, Home has housed mainly public and developer spaces…

Yes, it’s a difficult concept to fathom for us gamers, but film star Sigourney Weaver has loaned her voice to a video game this year that’s not “Ghostbusters.”

Instead, she’ll do voiceovers for James Cameron’s “Avatar,” a sci-fi title being adapted by…

At first, I thought it was just me. Cruising around PlayStation Home in first a male then female avatar, I noticed as the latter that guys would gather around me no matter where I stopped, five or six at a time,…

Today, Sony introduces its new Home virtual world for its 17 million or so PlayStation 3 owners, and while the environment is not as expansive as Second Life, it does contain superb three-dimensional graphics and the potential to become something even…

Today, life changes for Xbox 360 owners.

Or, rather, we should say “Live” changes.

Right now, millions of Xbox users are booting up their consoles and finding requests to download and install New Xbox Experience, the replacement interface for the six-year-old Xbox…

Is it really possible for you to be killed online? And if so, is it a crime?

Authorities are exploring that possibility in Japan, where a 43-year-old woman was jailed after hacking into the massively multi-player online role-playing game “MapleStory” and eliminating…

Now we know what to expect.

The first looks are out for “Battlefield Heroes,” a cartoon-style first-person shooter for PC from developer Digital Illusions and publisher Electronic Arts, and due for release this summer.

Like its predecessors, BH’s fighting environment mimics the World War…