Global game unit sales fall 8 percent in 2009
Unit sales of video games in three major territories fell 8 percent in 2009, thanks to the recession. Total unit sales in the United...
Announcing four new speakers at GamesBeat@GDC; Early bird pricing ends soon
We’re delighted to reveal more about our plans for the next GamesBeat conference, which is all about how social games and mobile are disrupting...
CO-OP Live: It’s Coming! (Next Week)
CO-OP Show fans may have seen this announcement already, but here’s the part where we spill our guts on all the details. Can we...
Perverts Are Lurking in My Team Slayer Match!
Fox 31, a digital news outlet, recently aired a feature entitled, “Sex Box Predators.” I’m certain you can guess what the investigation was about....
Facebook readies a big change for games
Facebook is readying the launch of its Game Dashboard interface and other changes that will affect the way gamers experience and interact with games...
Pixel Revolt: Episode 17 Community Question Reminder
Hey, Bitmob community! It’s that time again — we need your answers for this week’s podcast. We’re recording on Thursday night around 6 p.m....
Guitar Hero exec bails on music, takes CEO job at Chegg.com
[updated with interview] Guitar Hero had a very tough year in 2009 as the masses took a break from music video games. So it’s...
Let Our Games Roam (Region) Free
Editor’s note: I’ve never understood why video games are “region locked.” If I want to play a Japanese version of a game — especially...
Star Trek Online starts boldly today with a million registered users
Not many games can boast having a million registered users by the time they formally launch. Then again, there’s only one Star Trek Online...
BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is one of the first great games of 2010
BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is a masterpiece of storytelling that shows that movies and books don’t have a monopoly on epic tales. This video...