GameStop rolls out Jolt as it moves into digital distribution of games
The nation’s biggest game retailer GameStop, which opens some 400 retail video game stores a year, launched its first free-to-play online game today. This...
Nostalgia Burn: How Our Memories Painfully Deceive Us
Editor’s note: Michael is definitely on to something here: About a year ago, I went back and played a game called Kangaroo that I...
Nvidia gets back in the game with long-awaited Fermi graphics chip
Since Advanced Micro Devices launched its newest generation of desktop graphics chips in September, Nvidia has been a distant second in graphics chip performance....
China’s Perfect World acquires Japanese online game operator C&C Media for $21M
China’s Perfect World has agreed to acquire C&C Media, a Japanese online game operator, for $21 million. Perfect World, which is traded on NASDAQ...
Secret Builders raises $2.3M to expand educational virtual world for kids
Secret Builders is announcing today that it has raised $2.3 million in funding for its online virtual world with educational games for children. In...
Guess Who: Round Eighteen
Oh, boy! It's time to use your brain again. I know, I know — it's hard to be smart. But think about it this...
Despised by Gamers: Brian Schmoyer Responds to His Detractors
Last month, I promoted a video directed by Brian Schmoyer, an aspiring flash filmmaker. Entitled "The Only Thing I Know," Brian's film used anecdotal...
Bitmob Community Meet-Up: PAX East — This Friday!
Editor's note: Here's one more reminder for all you Bitmobbers at PAX East this weekend: the meet-up is tomorrow! Come chat games, win swag,...
Netflix now shipping instant streaming discs for Wii
After announcing that it would support Nintendo’s Wii this past January, Netflix has finally started shipping out instant streaming discs to lucky Wii owners....
The U.S. Army Says, “You’re Weak!”
Apparently an evening spent playing Modern Warfare 2 won't prepare you for real combat. Regardless of their realism or level of violence, video games...