Guess Who: Round Nine
OK, smartypants — ready for another round of Guess Who? Well, ya better be, because the video game character below is ready to rumble....
That screeching sound? U.S. video game industry sales decline in 2009
U.S. video game sales screeched to a halt in 2009, falling 8.6 percent to $20.2 billion from $22.11 billion as the recession held gamers...
Game venture capitalist and Electronic Arts trade barbs
Mitch Lasky sold his mobile entertainment business, Jamdat Mobile, to Electronic Arts for $680 million in late 2005. He left the company a year...
Venture capitalists are bullish on the future of game funding
Game investing is still going strong, even though it did take a hit during the recession. We calculated that game companies raised $600.5 million...
SGN promotes COO to CEO role to lead mobile gaming expansion
SGN, one of the top game publishers on the iPhone, has given its chief executive title to No. 2 executive Randy Breen. Founder Shervin...
Storytelling and Acting: Both Can Make or Break a Game
Editor’s note: Ben shares his thoughts on the synergy between storytelling and acting in video games. Acting can elevate a game with a sub-par...
AMD’s latest mainstream graphics chips could snatch market share from Nvidia
Nvidia is taking its time getting its new graphics chip, code-named Fermi to market. Meanwhile, Advanced Micro Devices launched its latest graphics chip in...
Gran Turismo’s creator takes a fifth stab at a perfect racing game
Kazunori Yamauchi is the creator and producer of the Gran Turismo racing games on Sony’s PlayStation game consoles. The new game is launching soon,...
Dragon Age: How the Realness of Character and Story Entrap the Player
Editor’s note: One of my favorite aspects of Dragon Age: Origins is its treatment of characters. As in Baldur’s Gate 2 and Star Wars:...
Exercise Bike + Xbox 360 = Healthy Gaming
So, it’s Wednesday evening, and you’re sitting and playing video games on your couch. Despite having set a new year’s resolution to lose weight,...