Skype founder, others catapult $42M to Angry Birds
Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures have co-led a $42 million investment round for Rovio, the creator of the Angry Birds Franchise. The Angry Birds...
Sony shake-up puts more power in hands of PlayStation executive
Sony announced today that it will combine its consumer businesses into a single entity headed by former PlayStation chief Kaz Hirai. The move may...
Jane McGonigal meets a real gamer
PAX East takes place in just a couple of days, and the keynote speaker is Jane McGonigal. I’m mostly familiar with McGonigal through her...
Gamers’ History Community Prompt: The collected works
February's Writing Challenge asked Bitmobbers to look to gaming's past and write a comprehensive history about one aspect of the industry. The result? Three...
Microsoft sells 10M Kinects, wins Guinness Record in the process
Microsoft’s Kinect motion control system for the Xbox 360 has surpassed 10 million units sold, with more than 10 million Kinect standalone games sold...
Sony will offer online storage for PlayStation Network subscribers
Sony is announcing today that it will offer online storage so that gamers will be able to store their game saves online instead of...
GameSalad’s new CEO wants everyone to be iPhone game developers
Steve Felter, the new chief executive of GameSalad, won’t be happy until everybody can make games for the iPhone and the web. Felter (pictured)...
OpenFeint and The9 will fund game developers’ move to Android
OpenFeint and Chinese game publisher The9 said today they will fund moves by game developers to shift their games to Android mobile devices. The...
News Blips: Microsoft hiring for next-gen console, Dance Hero in development, Deus Ex: Human Revolution gets a release date, and more
Rumors and release dates abound in today's News Blips. Consider it a distraction from all the hours you've sunk into Dragon Age 2 already....
Video Blips: Dragon Age 2, Uncharted 3, Crysis 2, and more
Dragon Age 2 — every BioWare game, for that matter — should come with a warning sticker that gravely cautions the buyer about the...