Woozworld raises $6M to take tween virtual world into mobile
Woozworld, maker of a user-generated virtual world for kids ages 9 to 14, has raised $6 million. The company will use the money to...
Let me survive: Will anyone make a real zombie game?
I'm well aware that you shouldn't get all worked up over trailers (especially teasers), but when I saw the teaser for Dead Island, I was...
News Blips: The stakes of Mass Effect 3, same-sex marriage in Skyrim, no Porsche in Forza 4, and more
Mass Effect protagonist Commander Shepard has a penchant for dickery. If he's got no qualms punching a reporter in the jaw, he'd probably wouldn't...
Video Blips: Dark Souls, Inversion, Crimson Alliance, and more
I'm torn between saving my sanity or plunging into the potential controller-destroying challenges of Dark Souls. Good thing I had the foresight to stock...
Xbox Live Gold members get a nice ESPN update
Reaffirming its strategy to evolve the Xbox 360 into an all-in-one entertainment device, Microsoft debuted an update to its Xbox Live ESPN sports offering...
GameStop pulls Deus Ex Human Revolution from stores after OnLive controversy
GameStop has removed all PC copies of the Deus Ex Human Revolution game from its stores after the company was caught opening new copies and removing...
Kabam will launch The Godfather Five Families social game on Facebook
Kabam is going Hollywood. The hardcore Facebook game publisher is announcing today that it has a deal with Paramount to make an empire-building social...
News Blips: Blizzard defends always-on Diablo 3, From Dust DRM heads out, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, and more
Today, the dangers of offline, single-player-mode hackers are more apparent than ever. Thanks to Blizzard, honest gamers can breathe easy and — OK, wait,...
Video Blips: Deus Ex, Gears of War 3, Red Orchestra 2, and more
I startled my roommates this morning by announcing Deus Ex: Human Revolution's release with a carefully positioned turret hack and a simultaneous cloaked arm-blade...
The handheld gamer’s dilemma
The first console I ever owned was a clunky, yellow Game Boy. I loved that giant blob of plastic; it kept me occupied on...