Japan’s DeNA invests in U.S. social game firm Astro Ape
Japan’s big mobile social game company, DeNA, is announcing today it has made an investment in U.S. social game company Astro Ape. DeNA last...
Zynga expands to Europe, acquires German game company
Planting a stake in Europe, Zynga has acquired the assets of Dextrose, a game engine developer in Germany, for an undisclosed price. The team...
Disney’s top game and online executive steps down
Disney lost one of its major executives today as Steve Wadsworth, the company’s digital leader, overseeing Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG), has announced his...
NComputing’s market share in thin clients is skyrocketing
NComputing, a maker of a novel kind of desktop computer known as a virtualized thin client, has become one of the biggest computer companies...
If Nobody Can Agree on Review Scores, Why Have Them at All?
I recently got tapped to write a review for Halo: Reach, and once again I find myself wishing that I could eschew scores altogether....
Why Halo: Reach Is the Most Disappointing Game of the Year
Knowing that I'm a big fan of the franchise, a buddy asked me if he should buy Halo: Reach. Before my brain could process...
News Blips: No New Xbox Soon, Halo: Reach Stats, EA’s Peter Moore on 3D, and More
I hope Kinect's user-feedback form is motion sensitive as well, so I can make slapping motions in response to Microsoft's reluctance to let the...
Professor Layton = Pixar + Possibly the Future of Japanese Games
[Warning: Minor Professor Layton spoilers!] After speeding through the Japanese versions of Professor Layton and The Unwound Future and The Specter’s Flute last winter,...
Video Blips: Bulletstorm, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy: Dissidia 012, and More
I'm looking forward to racking up Facial points in Bulletstorm's intriguing system of rewarding players for flashy kills. It's not what you think, pervert:...
The Geekbox – Episode 84
The Geekbox — Episode 84 (2010-09-22) Wherein we discuss things we shouldn’t discuss on the Geekbox, bad-looking comics, the death of APB, the economics...