Iran sentences US-born developer to death
A man with both US and Iranian citizenship has been sentenced to death for allegedly producing video games that act as western propaganda. According...
AT&T unveils wireless data plans for PlayStation Vita
When Sony’s new portable gaming device, the PlayStation Vita, launches in the U.S. next month, it will have two data plans for its 3G-enabled...
Interplay loses rights to Fallout intellectual property in lawsuit settlement
ZeniMax Media, the parent company of video game developer and publisher Bethesda Softworks, has reached a settlement in the lawsuit against Interplay Entertainment over the...
Sony officially denies reports of Kazuo Hirai’s appointment as company president
Sony has officially denied a report by respected Japanese newspaper The Nikkei claiming Kazuo Hirai was set to take over as company president. “Certain...
Xbox Live stats for 2011 show players skipped out on some great games
Last year was a banner year for quality video games, with superb sequels (Batman: Arkham City, Portal 2), interesting new intellectual properties (L.A. Noire)...
Game developers: Win distribution and funding
With over 200,000 games in the market, for many developers creating a game is considerably easier than marketing and distributing an application. To address...
The 5 biggest gaming disappointments of 2011
Reflecting back on the year that was is always fun. While 2011 was filled with some of the best games and gaming moments in...
Is a $10,000 donation enough to make the world forget about Ocean Marketing?
N-Control, makers of the Avenger Controller accessory that was recently the center of the Ocean Marketing disaster, has touted a $10,000 to the Child’s...
Gaming-fail compilation doesn’t need a laugh track
Most of us aren't strangers to the odd bout of gaming gaffes. Why, just last night, I took a fatal dive off a chasm-spanning...
Why Uncharted 3 does a bad job telling a good story
Critics have largely lauded Uncharted 3's story, which, judged solely in videogame terms or not, is an entertaining romp. Its characters, both familiar and new, are well formed, and it understands how to pace of key moments to make them memorable, which is something so oft forgotten.