Video Blips: Mass Effect 3, Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, and Lollipop Chainsaw
Like many of you, I'm replaying Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 in anticipation of BioWare's upcoming epic threequel. Well, "replaying" in this case...
Here’s what we REALLY thought about this week’s news (video)
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/36575210 w=640&h=376] Skyrim is awesome; Pinterest users need to calm the hell down; and Facebook users need to stay away from the gun...
Valve’s Gabe Newell offers update on Steam security breach
Back in November, we learned that Valve’s online game-distribution service, Steam, had suffered a security breach. A letter to Steam users from co-founder and...
Ninja Gaiden’s creator Itagaki pleads for game designers to create titles that change lives
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tomonobu Itagaki was at the top of his game. The legendary Japanese game design leader of Team...
Call of Duty Elite: It’s not a douche move — Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg
Eric Hirshberg, chief executive of Activision Publishing, talked about the role that creative people should play in making decisions about running a video game...
Blizzard Opposes Valve’s Ownership of the “Dota” Name
The latest chapter in a sticky legal battle just reared its head again today. Blizzard has contested Valve's right to the name "Dota" for...
The DeanBeat: DICE Summit entices the game industry’s insiders to Vegas
The DICE Summit (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) is well under way this week, bringing some of the game industry’s best minds together in Las...
As social games boom, Spark Capital hires former Zynga exec as first venture partner
Zynga’s rise to a social gaming juggernaut traded on the public markets—which now boasts a market cap roughly equal to long-established companies like Electronic...
AIAS game of the year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim takes home the top honor
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim took home the award for game of the year today from the prestigious Academy of Interactive Sciences. The Interactive...
Double Fine Adventure shatters Kickstarter record with $1M raised in first 24 hours (updated)
Updated at 4:30pm PST for record $1 million amount. Earlier this week, crowd-funding site Kickstarter set a new record when the Elevation iPhone Dock...