MXP4’s Bopler Games targets social music gaming on Facebook
About half of Facebook’s top fan pages are related to music. And games are huge on the social network. So it was only a...
Reviews Spotlight: Shadows, dragons, noir, and the Darkest of Days
Our weekly Reviews Spotlight is Bitmob's way of pointing an index finger at a select few reviews and saying, “Read these!” Also, it's Bitmob's...
Will Wright says games are headed toward ubiquity, diversity, and art
Will Wright is perhaps the most successful video game designer in history, creating games from SimCity to Spore. His games have sold tens of...
Week in review: Valve widens the audience for Portal 2
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Valve figures out...
Price cut for Wii ($169) takes effect early at Best Buy
Although scheduled for May 15, the Nintendo Wii price cut is already in effect at Best Buy. The retailer is now selling the console...
SOCOM 4 and teamwork: An interview with Zipper Interactive’s Mark Rogers
While at the Major League Gaming event in Dallas earlier this month, I stopped by the Sony booth and ran into Mark Rogers, one of...
The journey from gamer to father
It's 2:30 in the morning on a Tuesday night. I am exhausted from a concert of goal completing, colorful visuals on my television screen,...
Valve generates a consumer backlash with end of alternate reality game
Valve concluded its Portal 2 alternate reality game Friday morning with a new message for gamers: You can speed your access to the game...
Apple and Google steal market share from video game systems
Apple and Google have taken about 8 percent of the overall video game market, according to an analysis by Flurry. And when it comes...
Interview: Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo on PAX, Child’s Play, and building an empire
Depending on how big of a Penny Arcade fan you are, you may not know who Robert Khoo is. But without Khoo, you may...