Redbox jumps into video game rentals
Redbox, which runs several kiosks in stores that let individuals rent movie DVDs at cheap rates, announced Thursday that it is introducing video game...
Next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack hits Xbox Live later this month (video)
Activision Blizzard announced Thursday that it will publish the third map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox Live at the end...
Unity launches new version of 3D game engine technology
Hoping to close the graphics quality gap with game tool makers that focus on console-quality graphics, Unity Technologies is launching a new version of...
GamesBeat 2011: Game acquisitions and investments are accelerating
Video game investment and acquisitions accelerated in the most recent quarter, according to investment firm Digi-Capital. Tim Merel, managing director of Digi-Capital in London,...
Tapjoy launches $5M fund to port apps to Android
After Apple cut out a big part of Tapjoy‘s business, Tapjoy’s countermove was predictable. Today, the mobile monetization company is starting a $5 million...
Lumosity raises $32M round for brain games
Lumosity has quietly amassed more than 14 million members for its brain-training games, which help you improve your core mental abilities. That in turn...
News Blips: Crysis 2 exits Steam, Duke Nukem Forever PR blunder, Kinect is for core gamers, and more
I guess EA's old moniker of "challenge everything" extends to its newfound kung-fu grip of its games. News Blips: Crysis 2 engaged its nano-cloak...
Video Blips: Child of Eden, Twisted Metal, Earth Defense Force, and more
Fun fact: Child of Eden's creator is Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the mastermind behind the trippy rail shooter Rez. As for the experience, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the...
E3 proves that publishers are still out of touch with half the population
My 2011 obsessions are the Fallout and Mass Effect franchises, I was dedicated to massively multiplayer online, role-playing games for six years, I named...
Hit the deck: LulzSec and Anonymous start trading blows
Hacker group LulzSec has begun publicly attacking hacker group Anonymous, an action that could lead to a civil war of sorts between the two...