This mobile app will help you meet people, and will pay you to do it
What if playing a game on your smartphone meant meeting a new friend, being entertained, and making actual cash? That’s what Japanese startup Phewtick...
DeNA’s Rage of Bahamut hits the top of the App Store
One of the biggest strategic shifts happening in gaming today is the investment that Japanese mobile social gaming network giants — Gree and DeNA...
What goes well with a new game? A free old game
In recent years, developers and publishers have offered alternatives to "cat helmets" and night-vision goggles by giving away full versions of older games with the purchase of new ones.
Bored, impressed, and giddy: Our final thoughts on E3 2012 (with photos)
We left the industry trade show with very different opinions on what we saw. Here are our final thoughts.
Turning technology against your friends in Watch Dogs
In one of the coolest sounding cross-platform schemes we've seen, Ubisoft's upcoming open-world hacking playground Watch Dogs allows players to interact with each other's games through a companion mobile app. It's time for some technological warfare.
Star Wars: The Old Republic free character transfers begin today
Free character transfers are now available in BioWare's massively multiplayer online role-playing game Star Wars: The Old Republic for players stuck on low population servers.
Investor drops support for teen social game after allegations of sexual chats
Venture capital firm Balderton has pulled support for Habbo, an online social game targeted toward younger audiences, after allegations that pornographic chatting was taking place in the title's virtual world.
Draw Something goes global with 12 new languages and celebrity endorsements
Musical artists Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Lopez will team up with Zynga as the company promotes 12 new languages coming to the hit mobile game Draw Something.
Peak Games grows to No. 3 social gaming firm by focusing on the Middle East
With games like Okey, Peak Games has become the No. 3 social game player on Facebook in daily active users.
THQ’s Brian Farrell talks about looking for a bottom and staging a comeback (interview)
Brian Farrell, chief executive of embattled video game publisher THQ, has endured a lot of criticism in the past year as investors have pummeled...