Is 2011 the year of unoriginality?
I’m willing to bet that if I got you to name your most anticipated games for this year, then most of them would be...
Interview with Custom Arcade Stick Junkie Sam Kurd of B15sdmDesigns
If you look at your Xbox LIVE or Playstation Network friends list, you should see a majority of them playing one game, Marvel vs Capcom 3. One...
Video Blips: The Lord of the Rings, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Red Faction: Armageddon, and more
Alright, I'll say it: Middle-earth needs less melancholy elves and more blood spatters. I can feel my inner geek squirm at the prospect, but...
Live-streaming site Justin.tv buffing up for e-sports channels
Justin.tv, a site that lets web browsers watch and publish live video streams, is recruiting additional developers to build an exclusive electronic sports live-streaming...
Join the Indie Crowd and Fund Success!
The business side of video game development tends to be viewed in a negative light at times. Industry professionals and fans acknowledge that some decisions made in game development sacrifice a developer’s vision in order to make an IP more profitable.
Skype founder, others catapult $42M to Angry Birds
Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures have co-led a $42 million investment round for Rovio, the creator of the Angry Birds Franchise. The Angry Birds...
Jane McGonigal meets a real gamer
PAX East takes place in just a couple of days, and the keynote speaker is Jane McGonigal. I’m mostly familiar with McGonigal through her...
Gamers’ History Community Prompt: The collected works
February's Writing Challenge asked Bitmobbers to look to gaming's past and write a comprehensive history about one aspect of the industry. The result? Three...
Microsoft sells 10M Kinects, wins Guinness Record in the process
Microsoft’s Kinect motion control system for the Xbox 360 has surpassed 10 million units sold, with more than 10 million Kinect standalone games sold...
News Blips: Microsoft hiring for next-gen console, Dance Hero in development, Deus Ex: Human Revolution gets a release date, and more
Rumors and release dates abound in today's News Blips. Consider it a distraction from all the hours you've sunk into Dragon Age 2 already....