The DeanBeat: Creating a pop icon that will never age (exclusive)
Pop icons like Britney Spears or Hannah Montana inevitably grow out of being role models for young girls, and then send jolts of alarm...
Game Closure raises $12M for HTML5 cross-platform games
Game Closure has raised $12 million in a first round of funding for its HTML5-based cross-platform multiplayer game business, which aims to provide tools to...
The PlayStation Vita’s success could depend on downloadable titles
The PlayStation Vita has been off to a rocky start in Japan, and just like the Nintendo 3DS early last year, Sony's latest portable...
Game analyst Michael Pachter: The Wii was a bubble, but social gaming isn’t
Michael Pachter, an oft-quoted video game analyst, said the social gaming explosion of the past few years isn’t a bubble; rather, the Nintendo Wii...
Pick two classic D&D games, and you can win them for free!
Good Old Games (gog.com), keeper of all things classic and gamey, is currently holding a buy one, get one free promotion for a bunch...
Vivox launches its next-generation game chat for gamers on the run
Vivox has become the voice of gamers in online communications. Today, the company has launched C3, its most comprehensive game communications platform to date...
Playstation Vita could make $2.2 billion this year, if given essential price cut
Sony’s new PlayStation Vita handheld console will sell 12.4 million units globally this year, bringing in revenue of around $2.2 billion, according to research...
NeuroSky launches Focus Pocus learning app that kids can control with their minds
NeuroSky has a new wizard-themed game kids can control with their brain waves — possibly improving their learning abilities at the same time. The...
World of Warcraft could help your grandma focus
There’s hope for grandma and grandpa in video games. Rolling up a night elf hunter or orc shaman in massively multiplayer online role-playing game World...
Z2Live swallows Big Sandwich Games in acquisition deal (exclusive)
Z2Live, the creator of hit free-to-play social games on mobile devices, is announcing today it has acquired Big Sandwich Games in Vancouver, Canada. The...