Before its 135M downloads, Talking Tom Cat app got help from the KGB (video)
The Talking Friends series of cartoonish apps made by startup Outfit7 has generated more than 135 million downloads on the Apple App Store in...
How Portal 2 touched off a domestic World War 3
One of the longest, deepest arguments my spouse and I have ever had (and we've known each other since 1997) took place during the...
The persistent decline of the Sega Corporation
Yu Suzuki has confirmed what many of us thought his "promotion" was about a number of years ago: He is leaving Sega (apart from...
Nintendo ignores fans’ pleas to bring Xenoblade stateside
After a fan campaign asked Nintendo to release North American versions of Wii Japanese RPGs Xenoblade, The Last Story and Pandora’s Tower, the company...
Bungie Aerospace flies into mobile and social games
The creators of the Halo video game series are jumping into the social and mobile game markets with the establishment of their Bungie Aerospace...
GamesBeat 2011 speakers to discuss raising a big pile of money
Today we’re revealing the eighth group of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. They’re the oddballs fo the group because they aren’t necessarily...
Civilization World taps Live Gamer for monetization on Facebook
As the Facebook game industry shifts toward Facebook’s Facebook Credits virtual currency ahead of the July 1 deadline, Live Gamer is making itself useful...
News Blips: Framerate wars, Skyrim’s beauty plan, Fallout MMO, and more
The epic conflict doggedly continues between modern military shooters Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Battlefield 3. Sorry, did I say epic conflict?...
Awesome! Activision blows a kiss to fans with Call of Duty XP event
Just as Blizzard Entertainment has Blizzcon for its game fans, Activision Blizzard is now creating Call of Duty XP 2011, a two-day convention for...
Video Blips: Uncharted 3, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Mortal Kombat, and more
Are you yearning a polished multiplayer experience for your awesome high-five skills? If so, this is the trailer for you. Video Blips: • Developer...