Sony redesigns its PlayStation Home virtual world as a social game hub
Hoping to jump on a trend, Sony is planning to launch a redesign of its PlayStation Home virtual world, making it into a hub...
How to Shake Up Nintendo
Warning, I am a huge Nintendo fan. A fan that has to turn to other consoles for games that I want to play. Franchises...
How Microsoft engineered Kinect to withstand gamers and lightning strikes
Microsoft engineers spoke publicly for the first time yesterday about how they built the Kinect motion sensing system, offering a rare glimpse inside the...
Hands on with Microsoft’s slick speech-powered Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7 (video)
Microsoft is rolling out a whole host of speech recognition features for its Windows Phone 7 devices and Kinect-enabled Xbox 360 consoles in a...
Zynga gets slapped with patent lawsuit over credits-based gaming
Game maker Zynga is being taken to court over patents that cover some fundamental aspects of social gaming: credits and prize redemption. Agincourt Gaming,...
iQU launches marketing and analytics service for online games
Gamer-profiling company iQU is launching an analytics and marketing platform to help online games find more users through mobile and social networks. The Haarlem,...
Age of Empires Online could make free-to-play games mainstream
A new age is dawning in the video game business, and Microsoft wants to be part of it. Today, Microsoft is formally launching its...
Former Xbox chief Robbie Bach emerges on Sonos board
Robbie Bach, former chief Xbox officer at Microsoft, has resurfaced on the board at Sonos, the maker of internet-based audio electronics. Bach has kept...
Making an Accessible Fighting Game
While fighters are indeed thriving in the game industry (all versions of Capcom's Street Fighter IV have sold almost 6 million units to date) and are supported by dedicated fans, the genre still proves to be intimidating for new players to get into.
Gameforge hits 300M worldwide users for online games
Gameforge said today that it has hit 300 million registered users for its downloadable online games. That milestone establishes Gameforge, a pioneer in free-to-play...