News Blips: Max Payne 3 delayed, SOPA delayed, and cloud gaming’s future costs
The real reason for Max Payne 3's delay: Rockstar's artists were ordered to redesign the titular protagonist's tank top for a more believably off-white...
Video Blips: Street Fighter X Tekken, Starhawk, and Sherlock Holmes
I always wonder what happened to the monks managing the obligatory Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine arenas in fighitng games — unless the fighters...
A few reasons to have hope for Club Nintendo
Club Nintendo does have some cool rewards, but the items are highly subjective. Unless you’re 12 or into stickers, posters, and other Nintendo-related swag,...
Which anti-SOPA game companies are fighting back, and how
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have definitely gotten the Internet’s attention, but not in the good Elmo orders...
Six million LittleBigPlanet user levels created; here are some of the best
Little Big Planet developer Media Molecule has announced via Twitter that six million user generated levels have now been created for its Playstation exclusive...
SOPA controversy creates rival to game industry group ESA; LFG aims to be “the NRA for gamers”
Frustrated by the Entertainment Software Association‘s (ESA) support of the proposed anti-piracy SOPA and PIPA legislation, Red 5 Studios CEO Mark Kern has founded...
How to teach history (and lots more) with Minecraft
Randy Fujimoto has a mission statement on his website: “A quest to transform education through game-based learning.” That’s a big idea, to be sure,...
Worldwide Android game development contest enters final stage
Android game developers around the world seeking wider distribution and exposure for their games have a little less than two weeks remaining to enter...
THQ in trouble? Publisher denies multiple-game cancellation rumor
Saints Row: The Third publisher THQ says rumors of its demise have been greatly exaggerated. Speculation on the company’s future spread like wildfire this weekend...
Mojang reveals 20M registered users for Minecraft
In a tweet sent out on Saturday, Markus Persson, aka Notch, the developer behind gaming sensation Minecraft, made note of the 20 million registered...