U.S. video game sales finally grow 3 percent during February
Video game players finally bought enough games in February to push the monthly sales numbers above year-ago figures, with February sales coming in 3...
Live-streaming site Justin.tv buffing up for e-sports channels
Justin.tv, a site that lets web browsers watch and publish live video streams, is recruiting additional developers to build an exclusive electronic sports live-streaming...
Scoreloop nudges iPhone game developers toward Android
Mobile social game platform Scoreloop is encouraging iPhone game developers to switch sides with the launch of its Go Android campaign. Munich-based Scoreloop makes...
Skype founder, others catapult $42M to Angry Birds
Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures have co-led a $42 million investment round for Rovio, the creator of the Angry Birds Franchise. The Angry Birds...
Sony shake-up puts more power in hands of PlayStation executive
Sony announced today that it will combine its consumer businesses into a single entity headed by former PlayStation chief Kaz Hirai. The move may...
Jane McGonigal meets a real gamer
PAX East takes place in just a couple of days, and the keynote speaker is Jane McGonigal. I’m mostly familiar with McGonigal through her...
Gamers’ History Community Prompt: The collected works
February's Writing Challenge asked Bitmobbers to look to gaming's past and write a comprehensive history about one aspect of the industry. The result? Three...
Microsoft sells 10M Kinects, wins Guinness Record in the process
Microsoft’s Kinect motion control system for the Xbox 360 has surpassed 10 million units sold, with more than 10 million Kinect standalone games sold...
Sony will offer online storage for PlayStation Network subscribers
Sony is announcing today that it will offer online storage so that gamers will be able to store their game saves online instead of...
GameSalad’s new CEO wants everyone to be iPhone game developers
Steve Felter, the new chief executive of GameSalad, won’t be happy until everybody can make games for the iPhone and the web. Felter (pictured)...