Spil Games throws its weight behind HTML5 for mobile Web games
Spil Games operates Web game portals that reach more than 130 million users. So it’s interesting that the company is adopting the HTML5 standard...
What Is This? — Explaining Bayonetta to a Skeptical Girlfriend
Editor's note: Sometimes we forget that some games are just plain old crazy. Heck, some of you out there have convinced yourselves that the...
What Problem With Games Journalism? Part 4
Editor's note: And this is why we have Bitmob (read to the end to find out what I mean by that). -Shoe (This article...
Casual game site Miniclip expands into mobile games
Miniclip has grown its audience of casual gamers on the web to more than 57 million users in the past decade. Now the Neuchatel,...
Google pushes further into social networking, buys SocialDeck
In its effort to challenge Facebook, Google has become a social butterfly. The latest proof of that is Google’s acquisition today of SocialDeck, a...
Microsoft ups XBox Live subscription price by $10 a year
The cost of streaming Netflix, accessing social networks and playing games online on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console will go up beginning Nov. 1,...
Glu Mobile raises $13.5M in private placement as it expands to smartphone games
Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile has raised $13.5 million in a private placement as it aims to expand its position in smartphone games. The...
Nintendo cutting prices on its older DS handhelds on Sept. 12
Nintendo is cutting the prices of its older handheld game systems, the Nintendo DSi and the Nintendo DSi XL, on Sept. 12 as it...
Reviews Spotlight: Valiant Princes, Pocket Monsters, and the G-Man
We're calling this week's Reviews Spotlight the "Back to School Special." With Team Rocket running loose and talk of Half-Life 2: Episode 3, we...
Casual Games: An Effective Defense Against Unwanted Social Encounters
Editor's note: Ben provides an interesting take on the stigma attached to gaming. He suggests that rather than fight against it, we should use...