Playdom co-founder starts Wild Needle to focus on social mobile games (exclusive)
Rick Thompson is hoping that lightning strikes another time. Thompson was the chairman and co-founder of Playdom, the social game company that Disney bought...
KreditFly launches mobile payments system with credit guarantees (exclusive)
Online games have seen huge windfalls thanks to the free-to-play business model, where a user plays for free and then pays money for virtual...
In an industry sea change, Intel to pay Nvidia $1.5B in patent license agreement
Intel has agreed to pay $1.5 billion to graphics chip maker Nvidia in a new six-year patent license agreement. The deal represents a huge...
Nintendo’s 3DS handheld launch plans: 4M units to ship
Nintendo revealed this weekend that its 3DS handheld game player launch is on schedule, and it announced more details about its release plans. The...
Disturbing Black Ops emblems embarrass the entire game community
It's disappointing to see members of the community conducting themselves online in the most vulgar ways possible when society seems to be accepting video games more and more each year.
Reviews Spotlight: Bayonetta, Halo: Reach, and fast food
On this week's Reviews Spotlight, we lay waste to Bungie's self-esteem, overwhelm a problem-solving professor with praise, and stop by for some hot dogs...
Motion-control startup Omek is bringing gesture controls to the PC (video)
After the smashing success of Microsoft’s Kinect motion-control system for the Xbox 360, a bunch of companies are getting excited about taking the technology...
Up close with Razer Hydra motion controls for Valve’s Portal 2 game (video)
Microsoft’s Kinect motion control technology has proven a big success, but a competing technology called Sixense boasting some advantages over Kinect will hit the...
Up close with Microsoft’s next-generation Surface touchscreen tables (video)
Microsoft’s next-generation of Surface touchscreen tables made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. We caught up with Chip Wood, senior director...
Finding the motivation behind item collection
If I see one more tech orb, I’m going to choke something. Yet I can’t stop looking for the damn things. Never mind that...