July retail video game sales drop 26 percent, worst month since 2006
The U.S. retail game industry continues to suffer from a low rate of new game releases. Now we know just how much, thanks to...
Take that, Facebook: Google+ commission on game transactions is 5 percent, not 30 percent
For the launch of its Google+ social games platform, Google has found one way to differentiate itself from Facebook. For in-game transactions, Google is...
Why Nintendo should start making games for iPhone and Android
Nintendo investors are extremely unhappy with the company’s nearly 30-year old strategy of making games only for its own consoles and have started demanding...
Bitmob Roundtable: A brave new JRPG world
Hello, everyone! It's time once again for a Bitmob Roundtable, where we grab a bunch of Bitmobbers and discuss an important topic in today's...
OnLive to launch cloud games in UK in September
OnLive is launching its cloud gaming service for the United Kingdom on Sept. 22. This is the the first major international expansion for the...
Sifteo launches intelligent blocks as a new form of entertainment
Sifteo, a table-top game startup, is announcing today that it has begun selling intelligent blocks known as Sifteo Cubes. These devices are like little...
Confirmed: Nintendo 3DS price lowered early, plus you get 20 free games
Some Target and Walmart locations have lowered the price of the Nintendo 3DS a few days early, giving consumers a small window to buy...
News Blips: GameFly digital download, GTA 5 predictions, Team Bondi sells assets, and more
The convenience of digital downloads allows lazy PC gamer schlubs like me an excuse not to step foot in the nearest retail shop. We’re too...
Video Blips: Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Dead Island, Guild Wars 2, and more
If Deus Ex: Human Revolution teaches us anything, it's that the future brings rampant technological advances, corporate discord, and some foreign-sounding concept called "conversation."...
When playing Heroes of Newerth, beware of trolls
What did I have to lose when I tried a newly free-to-play hybrid of real-time strategy and tower defense? My dignity, apparently. Let me...