Alan Wake’s American Nightmare doomed to live in original’s shadow (review)
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is change-up for hardcore fans of Remedy Entertainment‘s story-driven psychological thriller Alan Wake. It is available as an Xbox Live...
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Content Season kicks off on PlayStation 3
The first two pieces of downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are now available to Elite Premium members on the PlayStation...
Sony’s PlayStation Vita sells more than 1.2M units worldwide
Sony said today that its PlayStation Vita gaming handheld has sold more than 1.2 million units worldwide. The Vita went on sale last week...
Kabam expands social games to CNET’s Download.com
Continuing its diversification beyond Facebook, Kabam is announcing today will take four of its games to CNET’s Download.com service on the web. San Francisco-based...
Day-one DLC is not a cash grab
Folks, we have to talk about something. People in some corners of the internet think that offering downloadable content (DLC) on the same day...
CCP president takes off to do startup in games and health
Mike Tinney, president of online games company CCP Games North America, has decided to leave the company to create a new startup in the...
PlayHaven launches “Zynga in a box” mobile-game monetization platform
PlayHaven, a real-time mobile marketing startup that has enabled a four-fold increase in in-app purchases for its game developer customers, is adding new monetization...
Game investments doubled to $2B in 2011; acquisitions grew 160 percent
No matter how you look at it, the game industry is red hot. The game industry had a record year for investments and acquisitions...
Total Immersion shows off cool new augmented reality game platform
Total Immersion is releasing a new racing game demo that shows off the tools developers can use to create augmented reality games. With the D’Fusion...
Gunning for another Kickstarter success Minecraft-style
Curious how a first-person shooter with crafting elements and “total environmental destruction” would play? For a modest $15 you can pre-purchase indie game Guncraft...