Game maker Richard Garriott spent $30M going into space, wins $28M jury award after being fired
Richard Garriott made lots of money creating the hit Ultima series of fantasy role-playing games. He’s made some more from a flop — almost...
As console game sales shrink, Nexon’s online game revenues grow 26 percent
Nexon America said it has seen quarter revenues grow 26 percent in the second quarter, even as U.S. console game sales shrank during the...
Video Game Tech Teaches U.S. Soldiers Language, Cultural Etiquette
Editor’s note: Chas looks at a language training sim used by the U. S. military that employs a game-inspired interface, and interviews the developer’s...
News Blips: SOCOM 4 Delayed, Online/Mobile Gaming, Promising PS3 Sales, and More
Perhaps SOCOM 4's delay is a good thing; I'm not sure if I wanted to shoot things with the Spin Pop-like PlayStation Move controller....
Passion Is the New Hardcore
Editor’s note: If we can’t use metrics such as time played or games owned to differentiate between hardcore and casual gamers, what can we...
Video Blips: Halo: Reach, Kane and Lynch 2, Red Dead Redemption, and More
These Halo: Reach trailers are becoming increasingly obscure. Who are these people? What is their mission? And why haven't they blown up anything yet?...
When Gamers Experience Tragedy
Editor's note: In his latest musing, Mike takes a sobering look at what happens when real-life tragedy strikes in a game with an online...
The Geekbox — Episode 76
The Geekbox — Episode 76 (2010-07-28) Wherein we discuss alien invaders, boring jobs, DeathSpank, Limbo, digital distribution ad nauseam, StarCraft II’s impending release, San...
Badvertising: The Art of Abusive Marketing
Editor's note: This is the final piece in Mitch's tryout for a writing position at Bitmob.com. Let us know what you think of his...
Realtime Worlds to launch Project MyWorld virtual world game platform
Realtime Worlds, the developers behind the recently released video games All Points Bulletin and Crackdown, are setting their sites on a new social experiment...