Snack your way to FarmVille success, as Zynga teams up with Frito-Lay
For better or worse, snacking and gaming seem to be inexorably linked. Now social gaming giant Zynga is building on this relationship, by teaming...
Social game startup Rounds launches We The Kings game (exclusive)
Rounds, the maker of a platform that combines video chat and social apps, has launched a new web-based game that incorporates interactive music video...
Soulcalibur V boasts excellent swordplay even as it cuts down on features (review)
Namco Bandai’s Soulcalibur returns to the crowded fighting-game genre with this fifth installment. The company originally wanted to focus on a new property after...
Troubled U.K. retailer Game will not be stocking Mass Effect 3
Fresh concerns about the future of European game retailer Game Group have risen today, as it was revealed that the company will not be...
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...