Call of Duty Black Ops map pack hits Xbox Live on Feb. 1
There’s no Peace on Earth for this holiday season for hardcore gamers who are busy playing the multiplayer version of the Call of Duty...
Microsoft says “Not!” to Kinect sex game
Microsoft got excited when hackers started coming up with novel uses for its Kinect motion control system which debuted for the Xbox 360 in...
An old video game fad returns? Celebrities want to cash in on Facebook games
Zynga teamed up with recording artist Dr. Dre today to debut his new music video in its Facebook game Mafia Wars. And Facebook game...
Consolidation comes to kids casual game sites as SecretBuilders buys Dizzywood’s assets (exclusive)
Kids casual game site SecretBuilders is announcing today that it has acquired the assets of rival kids virtual world Dizzywood for an undisclosed price....
Learning from Groupon, OpenFeint launches group deals for mobile game buyers
If it works for Groupon, maybe the group-buying craze will work for mobile games. With that logic, OpenFeint launched a program today that will...
Take-Two follows a profitable 2010 with stellar 2011 games lineup
Take-Two Interactive Software reported a strong profit for the fiscal year and quarter ended Oct. 31, the first time it has reported a sizable...
RockStar Games reveals secret to its stunningly realistic human faces in L.A. Noire (video)
RockStar Games, the maker of the smash hits Red Dead Redemption (my favorite game of 2010) and Grand Theft Auto, is working on a...
Viximo’s game service reaches 100M users on dozens of small social networks
Facebook may dominate the social game market, but it isn’t the only show in town. Viximo has made a good business out of providing...
Nvidia claims your computer will be brain-dead if it doesn’t use graphics chips
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are talking like the best days of the stand-alone graphics chip are over. Both have combo chips coming early...
Fastest-growing game in history: Zynga’s CityVille hits 26M players in 12 days
Zynga‘s CityVille has become the fastest-growing game in history. And based on an interview with a key Zynga executive, that isn’t an accident. The...