Kabam’s Global Warfare takes a step up in hardcore Facebook gaming
Fast-growing social game maker Kabam launched its Global Warfare game today as it continues to pursue the emerging market for hardcore gamers on Facebook....
Call of Duty Black Ops Escalation map pack debuts on Xbox Live
Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming service launched today its latest exclusive, the Escalation map pack expansion for multiplayer gaming in Call of Duty Black...
EA buys Firemint, creator of Flight Control mobile game
Electronic Arts said today it has purchased Australian game developer Firemint, maker of the popular Flight Control games on the iPhone and iPad. The...
The video game industry by the numbers (video)
Video game stats are always a lot of fun. Gamers love to keep track of them, from their achievements in multiplayer games to figures...
With Playboy as proof, Bunchball says gamification works
Gamification, or using game-like mechanics on non-game sites, is starting to bear some fruit. Bunchball has been working at gamifying web sites since 2005,...
The manly man’s men’s magazines of Double Fine’s Trenched (Iron Brigade), for men
When we went into production on Trenched [editor's note: now Iron Brigade], we had a clear vision of the gameplay, but the art style...
AMD debuts its fastest quad-core processor
It’s been a while since the last blast in the microprocessor wars. But Advanced Micro Devices took a shot at Intel tonight as it...
Sony Online Entertainment lost personal data of its users as well
Sony admitted today that it had a second major breach of its data security for PC online games. Sony Online Entertainment, a publisher of...
Sony complies with Congress request, but won’t testify yet on PlayStation Network outage
Sony told a subcommittee of the House of Representatives that it would comply with its request for answers about the outage of the PlayStation...
Microsoft’s gain, Sony’s loss: Black Ops map pack hits Xbox Live tomorrow
While Sony writhes in agony over its PlayStation Network outage, Microsoft’s Xbox Live online gaming service is about to launch another exclusive coup: the...