Diablo co-creator’s quest for “the $20 AAA game” (exclusive interview)
It is the highly anticipated sequel to a million-selling action role-playing game, brimming with monsters and loot – and we’re not talking about Diablo...
Darksiders II interview: “Death just goes Jack Bauer on everybody’s ass”
The original Darksiders was a mostly successful blend of Devil May Cry action, Ocarina of Time puzzles, and Joe Madureira comic art. It told...
King.com launches first game on Google+
King.com has more than 150 games on the web. In the past year, it successfully moved five of the games to Facebook, garnering 23.8...
Making Square Enix relevant again
Square Enix currently holds the rights to impressive intellectual properties like Tomb Raider, Deus Ex, and Hitman. It's a stable full of Eidos franchises...
FitBit raises $12M for personal fitness-tracking devices
FitBit, a maker of personal fitness-tracking gadgets, has raised $12 million in a third round of venture funding. The money comes investors that include...
Playcast snags French TV provider to debut cloud gaming service (exclusive)
Game streaming is taking a step into the European market today. Playcast Media Systems is announcing that Bouygues Telecom will launch a cloud gaming...
Halo isn’t as good as I remember
I’ve always had a strange attachment to the Halo franchise. For me, Halo: Combat Evolved was the game of high school. Everyone was playing...
Arrest fallout: Kim Dotcom drops to No. 2 rank in Modern Warfare 3
Getting arrested for the illegal downloading of copyrighted material hasn’t done wonders for Kim Dotcom, also known as MEGARACER, who is now the former...
Will Microsoft phase out its virtual currency system?
Microsoft is expected to phase out its proprietary virtual currency system, Microsoft Points, by the end of the year, according Inside Mobile Apps. Citing...
Microsoft to open two new Kinect studios?
Two recent job postings on the Microsoft website suggest the company may be opening new studios to develop projects for the Xbox 360’s successful...