Peak Games acquires Saudi Arabia’s Kammelna as games go social in the Middle East
Peak Games, a maker of social games in Turkey, is acquiring Saudi Arabia’s Kammelna Games to expand its presence in the fast-growing social game...
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is a flawed flagship for the PlayStation Vita (review)
Uncharted: Golden Abyss is the marquee game for Sony’s all-or-nothing bet in portable gaming, the PlayStation Vita. This handheld device is Sony’s last stand...
Double Fine’s Tim Schafer on Kickstarter success: It can happen again (interview)
Double Fine Production’s Tim Schafer misses point-and-click graphic adventures from the early days of video games. “I miss making them and I miss playing...
Why I hate L.A. Noire’s protagonist, Cole Phelps
Note: Don’t read if you are sensitive to L.A. Noire spoilers, as I mercilessly discuss details of the plot. Cole Phelps is a dick…the...
Reality Fighters: All style, no substance (review)
Reality Fighters is misleading from the start. I’ve yet to meet a Bavarian giant in the English countryside or stumble across a murderous ballerina...
In an alternate reality, video games changed world history
Great games immerse players in fantastical worlds and adventures so extravagant, you actually wish they were real. But what if video game characters crossed over to our reality instead?
Ridiculous: 300 Space Cores rolling down a mountain in Skyrim (video)
Now that Valve and Bethesda have teamed up to bring Portal 2’s Space Core to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the “arrow to the...
Oops: Counterfeit Pokémon game approved by Apple
You know how app developers are always talking about Apple’s mysterious and allegedly thorough iTunes app approval process? Apparently it can’t be too restrictive...
Borderlands 2: Does Claptrap dream of electric sheep? (interview)
Borderlands 2 is one of 2012’s most anticipated shooters. It’s developed by Gearbox Software, the same team behind Duke Nukem Forever and the upcoming...
Amazon reveals best-selling video games worldwide (Feb. 13-18)
Amazon’s weekly sales data is in, and it included some definite surprises this time around. The following charts are for the top 10 best-selling...