Updated: Amazon flags Nintendo 3DS for inventory issues
[Update: Amazon has responded to VentureBeat.] Online retailer Amazon.com has flagged the Nintendo 3DS and placed the handheld gaming console under review until further...
Updated: New signs suggest Diablo 3 release date coming soon
[Updated: We’ve added additional comments from Billy Pidgeon, a senior analyst at game research firm M2 Research.] World of Warcraft and Diablo developer Blizzard...
Qualcomm grabs motion-sensing patents in GestureTek deal
Mobile chipset maker Qualcomm has acquired some Kinect-like gesture-recognition technology from pioneer GestureTek, the company said today. Under the deal, Qualcomm will own intellectual properties related...
Silent Gordon Freeman: Freelance crossover protagonist
Just look at Gordon Freeman, he of the hushed voice. If Starburst had a sudden need for another example of a walking contradiction, he'd...
Video Blips: Saints Row: The Third, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, The Legend of Zelda, and more
Shouldn't Guiness World Records have a "most ridiculous robbery costume" entry by now? Video Blips: • Saints Row: The Third's take on bank heists...
Lodsys targets Rovio, EA, Square Enix and more with amended patent lawsuit
Patent licensing company Lodsys fired a shot at some of the biggest game makers in the world with an amended patent lawsuit against Angry...
The rise of gold farming in China
While some see massively multiplayer online games (MMO) as a way to waste an afternoon, others rely on the genre to feed their families. For...
Do we really own what’s inside the cloud?
We're all moving towards an age where online servers are handling our data and delivering our entertainment. This technology is typically referred to as...
News Blips: No Treyarch influence in Modern Warfare 3, Nintendo’s first-party games, LittleBigPlanet was almost free-to-play, and more
Variability in a Call of Duty game? It's like arguing over the minute differences in interior decor of every McDonald's you've visited. News Blips:...
Video Blips: Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Star Fox 64 3D, Cave Story 3D, and more
Our resident fighting-game guru Chris Hoadley expertly provides character predictions, so hopefully he'll help me make sense of what the hell is going on...