Game analysts: hardcore players, gesture controls critical to console market
At the retailer-focused Game Supply conference today, a panel of game analysts made some interesting forecasts for the year ahead in the game market....
Bejeweled hits 50M games sold; will the next 50M be free?
Bejeweled hit new milestone as PopCap Games announced today that the 10-year-old casual game has now sold more than 50 million copies. PopCap isn’t...
Announcing the “Who’s Got Game?” contest for the best game startup
We’d like to invite you to pitch your startup idea for the “Who’s Got Game?” contest coming up at our GamesBeat@GDC conference in March....
PlaySpan makes virtual goods gains with FooPets game
PlaySpan scored a deal to provide virtual goods and global payment solutions for FooMojo’s FooPets.com virtual pets game. Santa Clara, Calif.-based PlaySpan will help...
Bioshock 2 According to the Polish Media: Anti-Christian, Pro-Drug, and Satanic
“Scandal. In the game Bioshock 2, children are used and murdered. Little girls are used like dogs looking for drugs for their masters.” Above...
Pixel Revolt — Episode 17
Pixel Revolt is Bitmob's community-driven podcast, in which Derek Lavigne, Jeff Grubb, Brett Bates, and a special guest dive into the Mobfeed to discuss...
Scrapblog launches “Share the Love” Facebook app for scrapbook fans
Scrapblog, a photo sharing site for scrapbook fans, is launching a Facebook app dubbed Share the Love today. The cool thing about it is...
Flickr founder launches Glitch, makes the world a game
Tiny Speck, a company started by Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield, has just opened a massively-multiplayer, browser-based game called Glitch to alpha testers, giving the...
Point, click: a review of gesture control technologies
The first big hit in gesture control technology was the mouse. If you’re too young to have any pre-digital memories, this might seem like...
Ubisoft hits reduced expectations, announces new Tom Clancy game
Ubisoft, the big French game company, reported third fiscal quarter results that met reduced expectations for its sales of video games in the busy...