Facebook core-games maker Kixeye raises $18M
Kixeye, a developer of social games on Facebook for core gamers, announced today that it has raised $18 million in its third round of...
Rift developer Trion picks up games vet to head third-party publishing
Trion Worlds, the developer behind massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Rift, announced today that it has hired games industry veteran David Luehmann to...
Bitmob Writing Challenge August 2011: The importance of game settings
So much writing pertains to gameplay, characters, and other tangible elements of video games, but what about something that's right in front of our...
World of Warcraft subscribers fall for second straight quarter
The number of active subscribers for Blizzard Entertainment’s most popular online game, World of Warcraft, fell in the second quarter of 2011, the second...
Blizzard won’t commit to Diablo 3 release date this year
Blizzard Entertainment chief executive Mike Morhaime said today the company is still not committing to a 2011 release date for Diablo 3, one of...
Activision exec: Speedy graphics are Call of Duty’s ‘secret sauce’
Activision-Blizzard is throwing a lot of weight behind its latest Modern Warfare 3 first-person shooter (FPS) game’s graphical prowess, which it’s using as one...
Five things that Kinect can’t do (that Project Natal said it could)
During E3 2009, Microsoft released an incredibly well-received, promotional buzz trailer for the then-titled Project Natal that would later become the Kinect motion-detection system....
News Blips: No Commando in Modern Warfare 3, consoles vs. casuals, Sony scores Sucker Punch, and more
I never understood how the absence of underwear affords one greater agility. Wait, we are talking about the same kind of commando…aren't we? News Blips:...
Video Blips: Gears of War 3, Need for Speed: The Run, Machine Gun Jetpack, and more
What's the first musical genre that pops into your head when you think about Gears of War 3? Whatever your response, this trailer grabs...
Sony acquires inFamous developer Sucker Punch
Indie game studio Sucker Punch, which makes the sandbox superhero game inFamous, has been acquired by PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable manufacturer Sony Computer...