GameCrush launches gaming service where guys pay girls to play
One of the most memorable concepts that I’ve seen on VentureBeat this year is GameCrush, a site where male gamers can pay women to...
San Francisco mayor confirms Zynga building local HQ for 2,000 employees
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom confirmed today that hot social-game company Zynga will build a new headquarters that could house as many as 2,000...
Video game industry giants spit insults at each other
Despite his litigation with his Infinity Ward studio co-founders, Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick says that his company treats its studios the right...
News Blips: Mock Violent-Game Trial Rules Against Industry, Bungie Hints at Potential Halo: Reach DLC, and More
The video-game industry will face some stiff competition in court later this year, but a law school decided it couldn't wait to see how...
Final Reminder: Win one of three $100 Amazon.com gift cards
The countdown is on: This is your final reminder that our contest in conjunction with game-trading site Goozex ends tonight (Monday) at midnight! Three...
The secrets behind Zynga’s success in social gaming (video)
Zynga has become the biggest social gaming company with its Facebook-based games such as FarmVille. Yesterday, 33 million gamers logged into Zynga games. Overall,...
The ’50s Kitsch: How Fallout 3 and XCOM Provide Deep Thematic Meaning
As I traverse the Capitol Wasteland, I study my surroundings. My health bar is very low, and I need to carefully ration supplies in...
Unity Technologies to enable high-end games on web browsers
Slowly but surely, the web is becoming a more hospitable place to host high-end games with sophisticated 3D graphics. That’s one of the reasons...
Reviews Spotlight: Final Fantasy 13, NHL 10, and R.U.S.E.
Appearing in its usual Sunday slot, this week's Reviews Spotlight draws attention to Japanese melodrama, blue-collar employment, the Second World War, and the Bitmobbers...
Smackdown Versus Raw – A Wrestler’s Perspective
Professional wrestling has its origins in late-19th- and early-20th-century American carnivals, where it initially resembled mixed martial arts more than a testosterone-fueled soap opera....