Kinect’s first year Japanese sales are disappointingly low
Despite being the fastest selling consumer electronic device of all time , Microsoft’s Kinect gaming device has struggled to make an impact on the Japanese...
Sojo Studios’ WeTopia social game lets players do good in the real world
Sojo Studios is announcing its first online social game, WeTopia, which is designed to be part of a series of games where players can...
Could a new game violence study and potential game addiction disorder affect the game market?
The age old debate over the effects of video games on the brain is back. On Monday, the Radiological Society of North America released...
Mario and Zelda score record sales on Black Friday
Nintendo’s newest flagship video games, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and Super Mario 3D Land, have both sold over 500,000 units in the...
Kiip and GameSalad integrate ad-based rewards directly into game development platform
Kiip and GameSalad are announcing a partnership today that could ensure lots of new mobile games will have ad-based rewards baked into them from...
You Should Go Play… Skies of Arcadia Legends
And by virtue of appearing on the Dreamcast, it's almost automatically lumped in with the likes of Phantasy Star Online and Jet Grind Radio as the ideal, making it a shining example of Sega gone right. Basically, it's the personification of aching nostalgia.
Zynga employees give Mark Pincus a 46 percent approval rating
The claws are out for Mark Pincus, chief executive of social game maker Zynga, today. First, the New York Times published a negative story...
Zynga spurned by both Rovio and PopCap Games in huge takeover offers?
Zynga was reportedly spurned by two companies it was trying to acquire in what would have been gigantic deals in the game industry, according...
Zynga to add Indiana Jones to Adventure World game
Starting Tuesday, Zynga will add the Indiana Jones character to its Adventure World game on Facebook. As we noted earlier, Zynga has a distinct...
The definitive interview: The making of Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception
Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception is one of the best video games of the year. It is the flagship of Sony’s games on the PlayStation...