Vox Media hires big names for new gaming web site
The media company behind technology website The Verge and sports website SB Nation has recruited some big name editors and writers for an all-new...
72pins creative director discusses taking Call of Duty and Halo back to the 8-bit days
72pins is made up of a small team of retro art makers who take modern games — such as Halo or God of War...
Zynga launches Hidden Chronicles game in an untapped treasure-hunting genre
Your Uncle Geoffrey has been killed, and the secret lies in the elegant estate where he lived. Your job is to uncover the secrets...
Gaikai thriving with streaming game demo deals from Best Buy and others (exclusive)
Gaikai, the game streaming company, has kept a low profile recently, but a quick survey of the web shows that the company has scored...
Microsoft Flight takes flying games into new skies
In the age of blockbuster games, flight simulators have fallen by the wayside. They had their share of hardcore fans, but catering to them drove the games into smaller and smaller niches until most game publishers decided it was no longer worth the effort
With $2M in funding, social game studio Seismic comes out of stealth
Hardcore game veterans who worked at the now-defunct Pandemic Studios have started a new social game studio called Seismic Games. Unveiled for the first...
Arkadium signs multi-year game partnership with Microsoft
Betting big on Microsoft’s multi-platform game strategy, Arkadium is announcing a three-year strategic partnership to develop and publish games for Microsoft’s current and future...
News Blips: God of War 4 appearance, 3DS sells 4 million in US, and Super Meat Boy sells 1 million
I've always known music-makers let on less than they know. I didn't get scared senseless from Willy Wonka's apocryphal line for nothing. News Blips:...
HP shows its new CES products early as the tech circus draws near
Hoping to grab the limelight before the giant tech circus of the Consumer Electronics Show next week, Hewlett-Packard is unveiling several new computer products...
MindJolt teams up with Humane Society in Fluff Friends Rescue iPhone game
In partnership with the Humane Society, MindJolt SGN is launching a new game built around rescuing pets called Fluff Friends Rescue. The iOS game...