The best games of E3 2011
We saw lots of video games at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles last week. Some of them were pretty awesome. The trip...
Valve’s Steam online store launches micro-transaction games
Valve’s Steam service dominates the market for downloadable games on the PC. So it’s a big victory for the free-to-play market that Valve is...
A brief walk around the E3 show floor (video)
Every year after the E3 video game trade show, people ask me what it’s like to go. It’s hard to explain the madness of...
Roblox raises $4M for kids virtual world
Roblox, a kids virtual world that has grown to 5.7 million monthly unique visitors, raised $4 million in venture funding today. With Roblox, kids...
EA’s Frank Gibeau steps into the grudge match between Battlefield and Modern Warfare
Frank Gibeau, president of the EA Games label at Electronic Arts, is responsible for taking the battle to EA’s arch rival, Activision Blizzard, in...
News Blips: Battlefield 3 pre-order protest, The Old Republic vs. Warcraft, Wii U late to the party, and more
All's fair in love and war…and marketing. News Blips: Gamers raise a stink against the inclusion of exclusive weapons and accessories for those who...
Video Blips: Defiance, Orcs Must Die!, World of Battles: Morningstar, and more
Now that most of the bustle surrounding E3 has died down, it's time to resume your daily dosage of that oh-so-tasty Video Blips medicine....
May video game sales fall off a cliff with few new games released
May video game sales were the worst they have been in five years thanks to a low rate of new game releases. The sales...
After 15 years of development, Duke Nukem Forever sucks
Talk about a major bummer — Duke Nukem Forever, a highly anticipated title that has been in developmental hell for more than a decade,...
LulzSec: “You’re welcome!” for hacking Bethesda, not stealing anything
Members of hacker group LulzSec, which was recently able to break into Sony’s network and steal information about 1 million users, said it has...