Google promises a unified social and mobile game platform
Within the year, Google will turn its different game platforms into a single, unified platform that developers can more easily target. That’s the promise...
EA revives Sim City for 2013 launch — with curvy roads
Electronic Arts announced tonight that it will bring the beloved franchise SimCity back with a new game scheduled for launch in 2013. The game...
Metacritic deleting Mass Effect 3 user reviews [update]
And the Mass Effect 3 drama just keeps on going! The game has been out for less than 24 hours and already thousands of...
Nintendo 3DS tops 4.5 million units in US within first year
The 3DS, Nintendo’s current-gen handheld, has sold more than 4.5 million units in the US within its first year, the company announced today. The...
Unit 13 for the PS Vita is the epitome of flawed fun (review)
The Vita launch hype settled down quick, didn’t it? With the first batch of games out of the way, Unit 13 rocks up to...
What does $100 buy you in Mass Effect 3 multiplayer?
Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode employs a trading card-style unlock system, where you purchase “packs” of mystery items that include one-time-use boosts, new weapons,...
Casino wars: Big Fish Games acquires mobile casino game maker Self Aware Games
The ante in the casino game market is getting bigger and bigger. Big Fish Games is announcing today it has acquire mobile casino game...
XCOM: Enemy Unknown lead designer discusses original creator’s thoughts on the remake (interview)
X-Com: UFO Defense, a strategy game from the early '90s, is a sort of enigma. Although the original is revered as a masterstroke in design, every stab at a sequel or spiritual successor has fallen short. What about the X-Com formula is so elusive?
When I spoke with Jake Solomon, lead designer for Firaxis Games' XCOM: Enemy Unknown (a "reimagining" of the original), that question weighed heavily on my mind.
Gamers who customized Shepard in Mass Effect 1 may have trouble importing into ME3 (update)
Update (3/9/12): BioWare Community Coordinator Chris Priestly has acknowledged the face-code error in a post on the game’s official forum. In that thread, Priestly...
Bitmob is pirating your work
Here's an alternative point of view: Writing for free is exploitation, pure and simple. By writing for free, you're giving away your talent for...