I got StreetPassed on the turnpike and I liked it
Living in rural Ohio affords me certain opportunities others don’t get to enjoy. For example, few know the simple pleasure of completely understanding the...
Blizzard Entertainment lays off 600 employees as World of Warcraft shrinks
Blizzard Entertainment, the publisher of the perennial blockbuster World of Warcraft online game, said today it is cutting its staff by 600 employees. That’s...
Preview: Trion’s End of Nations enables chaotic nonstop online battles
Trion Worlds raised $85 million in January to finance its massively multiplayer online gaming empire. And one of the company’s resulting titles is End of Nations,...
Study: Gamers are gaga for virtual goods
Consumer spending on virtual goods has doubled since 2009, according to a survey by Visa’s PlaySpan digital monetization division. And the total U.S. market...
Vindicia adds mobile payments to CashBox via Boku
Vindicia, a provider of the CashBox billing and customer management system for online merchants, is announcing today that consumers will be able to pay...
Study: Video games depict religion as violent and problematic (interview)
Many newer-generation video games equate religion with violence, finds a new study from the University of Missouri. Greg Perreault, a doctoral student in the...
Get ready to brag! Raptr turns on its reputation system for 12M hardcore gamers
Gamers of the world, get ready to brag! Raptr, the social network for hardcore gamers, is launching a new reputation system for its 12...
PapayaMobile reaches 50M users and launches Social Splash to convert games to Android
With a reach to more than 50 million users, PapayaMobile is releasing Social Splash, a tool for game developers to convert their existing social...
Bigpoint shows off online Game of Thrones, based on HBO series (exclusive)
Online gaming powerhouse Bigpoint is showing off scenes today from its upcoming online role-playing game based on HBO’s hit television show Game of Thrones....
Buying games on release day might be a bad idea
Online gaming has come very far in a short amount of time. But even with all the advancements that have been made, developers seem...