Poor design choices lead to ludonarrative dissonance
Just when your mind has plunged itself completely into the fantasy of a game, something always manages to break the illusion. And while invisible...
Angry Birds will hit Facebook on Valentine’s Day
Angry Birds fans may be staying home without a date on Valentine’s Day, but at least they can hang with a few hundred friends....
Rumor control: Xbox 720 chips in prototype production?
A flurry of news about the next-generation console coming from Sony and Microsoft has hit the internet in the last couple of days. One...
Big Fish snares an Angry Bird with Wibe Wagemans hire
Wibe Wagemans is trading Angry Birds for Big Fish. Wagemans, the former global brand-building executive (known as the Hummingbird) at Rovio, maker of the...
THQ to drop licensed kids’ games and focus on “core” content
Video game publisher THQ today announced it is officially shifting its focus from traditional kids’ licensed games to “core” franchises such as Saints Row,...
Game startup Gimmie launches rewards platform for mobile apps
Gimmie, a startup created by seasoned game developers, is launching a new rewards program for users of mobile apps. Gimmie’s new incentives platform, which...
Modern Warfare 3 DLC schedule revealed: 12 maps, 6 missions, 2 game modes
Activision has outlined its downloadable content (DLC) schedule for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 during 2012. There are 20 pieces of DLC due...
Tapjoy’s Android Fund invests in 130 game makers
Tapjoy said today that its $5 million Android Fund has invested in 130 game developers over the past seven months. The fund provides both...
News Blips: No more Microsoft Points, Mojang considers itself non-indie, and next Xbox chip
I've never realized the density of my university's student population before actually walking around in it. Why, the class I'm in right now is...
Video Blips: Asura’s Wrath, Call of Duty Elite, and Mario and Sonic at the Olympics
Ever get those days where you're ambushed by a pack of living Buddha deity statues while trudging along a dusty road? Asura's Wrath feels...