News Blips: Nintendo 3DS Launch Date and Price, Mega Man Legends 3, Black Ops Zombies and More
What's black and blue and read all over? New Nintendo 3DS info! Seriously, though. They're going with black and blue as the two launch...
Electronics Arts levels up its in-game advertising with analytics
Electronic Arts plans to give marketers a better idea of how their ads are performing in the gaming giant’s video games. It just announced...
SGN readies its first social game for the iPhone (video)
Gaming startup SGN already offers a bunch of games on the iPhone, but despite the company’s name (the letters stand for Social Games Network),...
Rogue Warrior: Why You Should Play Bad Games
Checking my mailbox, I saw the package, picked it up, and mouthed a phrase starting with "F" and ending with "yeah." I could not...
Nintendo to release 3DS game handheld in February, too late for holiday buyers
In a blow for holiday video game sales, Nintendo said it would delay the launch its 3DS handheld video game system until February, dashing...
News Blips: Child of Eden Developer Wants Your Happy Moments, Sega Dates Sonic 4, and More
Child of Eden's developer wants to include players' favorite memories in the game. I shudder to think of what the more disturbing nerd culture...
GameCrush launches gaming service where guys pay girls to play
One of the most memorable concepts that I’ve seen on VentureBeat this year is GameCrush, a site where male gamers can pay women to...
San Francisco mayor confirms Zynga building local HQ for 2,000 employees
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom confirmed today that hot social-game company Zynga will build a new headquarters that could house as many as 2,000...
Video game industry giants spit insults at each other
Despite his litigation with his Infinity Ward studio co-founders, Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick says that his company treats its studios the right...
News Blips: Mock Violent-Game Trial Rules Against Industry, Bungie Hints at Potential Halo: Reach DLC, and More
The video-game industry will face some stiff competition in court later this year, but a law school decided it couldn't wait to see how...