With latest accolade, the future is Bing Gordon’s game (exclusive interview)
Few outside of the video-game industry have likely heard of Bing Gordon. But the game pioneer now wields major influence over the future of...
News Blips: PS3 more vulnerable than ever, Xbox 360 drought, possible Final Fantasy 13 sequel, and more
Now that the PlayStation 3 has been cracked wide open, it's time for me fulfill my secret desire of reprogramming my console into an...
Zynga’s CityVille grows to 100 million users in 43 days
Zynga keeps making history with CityVille, the fastest-growing game of all time. Today, the Facebook game broke another record as it reached 100 million...
Video Blips: Dead Space 2, Bulletstorm, Darkspore, and more
Dead Space 2 teaches an important life lesson: When cornered, human beings tend to get a little bitchy. Video Blips: • The melancholy lyrics...
Shortages coming for Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Kinect
Microsoft confirmed today that its Xbox 360 game console and Kinect motion-control system sold in such large numbers during the holidays that it expects...
Video game sales were down 6 percent in 2010
[Updated] Video game sales were down 6 percent to $18.58 billion in 2010, compared to $19.7 billion in 2009, according to preliminary estimates for...
RockYou buys UK game developer Playdemic
Continuing its expansion in social games, RockYou said it is buying UK game developer Playdemic. The deal is the second developer acquisition in a...
The bad sequel: How the Civilization series and I grew apart
A long-running franchise that you've been following for years now is about to release a new title with loads of hype and excitement behind it. The early online reviews are positive, and you rush out to buy the game when it hits shelves.
Indie sandbox game Minecraft racks up 1 million sales without a publisher
Independent developer Markus Persson, better known by his Twitter handle, @notch, has sold 1 million copies of Minecraft, a first-person free-roaming game where players...
Fifty years later, video game pioneer Steve Russell shows off Spacewar! (video interview)
Back in 1961, Steve Russell was toying around with electronics at the Tech Model Railroad Club at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He created...