Top 5 sleeper hits of 2011
We’ve been thoroughly spoiled in 2011. One triple-A title after another has grabbed the headlines and, ultimately, the sales. But what about those in...
Gameloft slashes all app titles to $0.99 for a limited time
Gameloft has announced an upcoming sale for all of its premium game titles on the Android Market. This includes N.O.V.A. 2 HD, Modern Combat...
3DS sells over 4M units in Japan, first premium downloadable content title announced
Despite a rough start both critically and financially, the Nintendo 3DS has now surpassed four million sales in Japan alone. It has been an...
AOL media talent loss continues: Joystiq editor departing for Vox
AOL is losing another top employee from its media division — this time it’s video-game blog Joystiq’s Editor, Chris Grant, who made the announcement...
2012 predictions: It’s doom & gloom for Amazon, RIM and Zynga
The predictions I made for 2011 turned out pretty well, since I framed things like any good fortune teller or horoscope would have done....
The top gaming technologies of 2011
Each year brings a host of new technologies to the table that make the gaming landscape seem significantly different from what came before, and...
Getting started with strategy-RPGs
Strategy-RPGs can be very intimidating. People worry that they won't understand what's going on…that it'll be hard or boring. So if you've made it...
5.5 million hours spent in Star Wars: The Old Republic over Christmas weekend
Electronic Arts is touting the latest numbers for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it seemed that lightsaber hums competed hard with the sound...
2011 was a great year for gamers
Gamers had plenty of great titles to play this year. As a quick look at Metacritic’s 2011 results will show. The website collects review...
Skyrim web app knows all 21,000 cocktail recipes
A new web app has been released containing approximately 21,000 alchemy recipes in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Speaking exclusively to GamesBeat, co-creator Jason Bradicich of...