News Blips: Black Ops highest selling game ever, Xbox 360 could outsell Wii, Dragon Age 2 harbors SecuROM, and more
Regular Friday News Blips writer Jeff Grubb is indisposed due to having the time of his life at PAX East, so you're stuck with...
Free Realms will be first free-to-play online world on PlayStation Network
Free-to-play online gaming is coming to the PlayStation 3. Free Realms, a massively multiplayer virtual world game that launched on the PC two years...
Zynga prepares launch of expansion game FarmVille English Countryside
In one of its most important moves as a young company, Zynga is announcing today that it will launch a follow-up expansion to its...
Ngmoco’s Neil Young foresees multibillion-dollar mobile game companies
Neil Young is the chief executive of Ngmoco, the mobile game publisher that was acquired by Japan’s DeNA for up to $403 million last...
How the Angry Birds deal could lead to mobile gaming nirvana
The $42 million investment in Angry Birds creator Rovio could be a watershed event for mobile games. The deal shows that at least one...
The 3DS line-up has something for you, us, and them
I've had a bumpy "will they, won't they?" relationship with the Nintendo 3DS rivaling that of Ross and Rachel or Jim and Pam. It...
Online game firm Gazillion names former Cryptic chief as new CEO
There’s a new gazillionaire in town. Online gaming firm Gazillion Entertainment has hired John Needham, former head of Cryptic Studios, as its new chief...
News Blips: Take-Two on review scores, EA looks to PC gaming, Capcom focusing on existing IPs in the West, and more
I've found that giving game reviews the same weight as opinionated buying advice invariably works out for the best. I can only be fleeced...
The Geekbox – Episode 108
The Geekbox — Episode 108 (2011-03-09) Wherein we discuss Fight Club, female listeners, the history of Pac-Man, the 2011 Game Developers Conference, more localization...
Video Blips: The Lord of the Rings, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Red Faction: Armageddon, and more
Alright, I'll say it: Middle-earth needs less melancholy elves and more blood spatters. I can feel my inner geek squirm at the prospect, but...