News Blips: Mass Effect 3 ending, Oklahoma violent-game tax, and The Last of Us in late 2012
I'm always saddened when I reach the conclusion of an epic trilogy — partly because of all the amazing memories I'm left with, and...
Extra Lives: Preserving the History of Video Games
[I am a student of Stony Brook University, the institution at the center of this article. This was originally written for a journalism...
Shame is plastic: 6 gaming accessories of dubious quality
Bitmob has a writing challenge this month; the challenge is to revisit some of your worst gaming peripheral purchases and write back with your...
Video Blips: Dragon’s Dogma, Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, and more
I've seen the standard "burning home village" and "chosen one prophecy" reasons for embarking on a grand adventure plenty of times — but "poked...
Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley launches mobile-game startup with Atari arcade veterans
Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of the Xbox, passionately believes that gameplay will triumph in the game business. That is why he and his new...
6waves Lolapps chief denies violating NDA in copyright dispute with Spry Fox (exclusive)
Rex Ng, chief executive of 6waves Lolapps, denied allegations that his company violated a non-disclosure agreement in a case related to allegations of copying...
THQ CEO admits confidence was “misplaced” on children’s video games
THQ chief executive Brian Farrell ate some major crow on his company’s analyst conference call today. “We anticipated our third fiscal quarter would be...
Gene Simmons says a KISS Angry Birds game is coming
KISS frontman Gene Simmons has revealed that he’s in talks with Rovio to develop a KISS/Angry Birds game. In what specific capacity the two...
PSN to get new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 maps on Feb. 28
Video game publisher Activision has announced that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s content season for Call of Duty Elite members on the PlayStation...
Earnings fall short of target for embattled game publisher THQ
THQ‘s net income for the third fiscal quarter fell short of the number expected by analysts. The results show how tough the video game...