Broadcom offers cheap motion-based gaming for set-top boxes
Broadcom has teamed up with Chinese firm 3DiJoy to support its system for motion-sensing gaming on set-top boxes, enabling users to play games in...
Sony to offer digital downloads for all games on its new NGP handheld
Sony will release digital versions of all new games alongside physical copies so gamers can download and begin playing games immediately on its newest...
Aussie gaming site to launch a marketplace for virtual swords (exclusive)
MMGN.com, a video gaming website in Australia, is launching an online marketplace where gamers can sell virtual goods across multiple video games, the site’s...
An unlikely concoction: Do politics and video games mix?
For those of you who've read any of my politically inspired articles, it should come as no surprise that Homefront, a game that eagerly capitalizes on...
Memorable quotes from the Commonwealth Club’s debate on violent video games
From left to right: Jim Steyer, founder of Common Sense Media; George Rose, executive vice president and chief public policy officer of Activision Blizzard;...
Still not a bad word: “Gamer”
In her column on Kotaku this month, which anyone invested in gamer culture really ought to make time to read, Leigh Alexander argues that the word...
Bridging the gap: How Pokémon has grown up
I was 8 years old when I first flew through Pokémon Blue and 13 when I gave up on Pokémon Ruby. I’m now 20 years...
Angry Birds maker may go public in the coming years
Rovio just raised $42 million in venture capital funding a week ago. But the developer of the hot Angry Birds mobile game says it...
Q&A: Big Fish Games chief sees more growth in mobile than social
Big Fish Games is one of the stalwarts of casual games, with more than $100 million in revenues and steadily growing profits. Jeremy Lewis,...
Dutch firm Eccky grows a new virtual game world for kids
Virtual worlds for kids are kind of out of fashion among entrepreneurs. Big companies such as Disney own a lot of the market with...