Games Impact the Environment, Too
If I ever want to make a hardcore game collector pass out, I tell them my dirty little secret: I throw away all my...
The Geekbox – Episode 91
The Geekbox — Episode 91 (2010-11-10) Wherein we discuss Bastion, software incompatibility, Good Old Games, the journey from gaming press to game development, Metroid:...
Dear Mario: Thanks For Everything
Nintendo released Super Mario Galaxy 2 months ago, and I still want to play it really, really bad. I’ve watched trailers and read reviews. Short of...
Nintendo: the gaming landscape has changed forever, but console’s are doing just fine
Five years ago, video games were in a “golden age.” The Playstation 2 was dominating sales and found its way into most households, and...
Activision Blizzard makes $360M overnight on Call of Duty: Black Ops launch
Activision Blizzard must get tired of setting records all the time. Call of Duty: Black Ops has shattered the previous record for launch-day game...
Social Gaming Summit: December 1 in New York (VentureBeat discount)
Social Gaming Summit East, December 1, 2010 in New York City, will unite leaders in free-to-play games, social networking, and payments infrastructure to share...
OnLive taps Equinix for data center services to put games in the cloud
Game service OnLive won a name for itself by making serious game-playing possible on any kind of computer via the cloud. It uses web-connected...
Why EA took over giant online game Star Wars: The Old Republic (video)
Game publisher Electronic Arts is scrambling to double down its bets on online games, now that its game console business valued at zero by...
Over-the-top game creator CliffyB praises the comedy of violence in Bulletstorm (video)
Violent video games have horrified some parents and politicians. But to Cliff “CliffyB” Bleszinski, they’re a platform for comedy. Bleszinski is the design director...
Hip Venture abandons virtual world to pivot into social games (exclusive)
There’s a stampede going on. Publishers of virtual worlds are moving on to better things, or they’re perishing. Usually, that means they’re pivoting into...