The release of thousands of red balloons to publicize a videogame earlier this year has resulted in a fine being levied against the marketing company responsible.

The stunt took place in San Francisco during this year's Game Developers Conference in March and was meant to publicize the release of THQ's Homefront on March 15. 

PopCap's a unicorn in the gaming world. Its games are simple and easy for anybody to understand.For example:Bejeweled 3. There's no focus on creating the latest and greatest graphical experience – if you have a computer, chances are you can play PopCap games on it. 

The  Grand Theft Auto IV serial games:Grand Theft Auto V will be officially unveiled in some capacity on November 2 when Rockstar debuts the game's first trailer. For today, we simply have to be content with the knowledge that it exists. Or so we thought.

This will all change on Monday, when OnLive is set to hold a special group voice chat Q&A along with a level walkthru with the developers of Deus Ex: Human Revolution.

Soon the Battlefield 3 beta won’t just be available to those who pre-ordered it on Origin, but will expand to an open beta, meaning many, many more players will join.