Co-op vs. Zombies: Leading Resident Evil to multiplayer shooter territory (interview)
Resident Evil is one of the most treasured names in video game history. Moving an action adventure franchise that has sold over 40 million...
The Facebook gaming boom is fizzling out, analyst firm says
Facebook's gaming boom has come to an end, according to a report from IHS Screen Digest Media Research. The subject is open to debate and players such as Facebook and Zynga will no doubt dispute this. But IHS Screen Digest has put together an argument that will likely get a lot of attention, as games such as those made by Zynga have driven the growth of the social network...
How to get your start in the game industry
Crystal Dynamics Community & Communication Manager Meagan Marie was recently a guest at Katsucon in Washington, D.C., where she presented a panel on how...
DICE rolling out nearly 300 fixes and tweaks in major Battlefield 3 patch
We blasted Battlefield 3 when it was released last October, not only for having drastically unreliable server issues, but also for its overall sense of brokeness...
Remedy CEO: Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is a “Gordon f***ing Ramsay hamburger”
Remedy Entertainment had a big week this week with the debut of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare, a new adventure in the Alan Wake series...
John Robertson on The Dark Room, his merciless and hilarious YouTube game (interview)
John Robertson has created a monster. The Australian stand-up comedian’s YouTube adventure game The Dark Room has been played over 220,000 times in less...
The DeanBeat: Creating a pop icon that will never age (exclusive)
Pop icons like Britney Spears or Hannah Montana inevitably grow out of being role models for young girls, and then send jolts of alarm...
Game Closure raises $12M for HTML5 cross-platform games
Game Closure has raised $12 million in a first round of funding for its HTML5-based cross-platform multiplayer game business, which aims to provide tools to...
The PlayStation Vita’s success could depend on downloadable titles
The PlayStation Vita has been off to a rocky start in Japan, and just like the Nintendo 3DS early last year, Sony's latest portable...
Game analyst Michael Pachter: The Wii was a bubble, but social gaming isn’t
Michael Pachter, an oft-quoted video game analyst, said the social gaming explosion of the past few years isn’t a bubble; rather, the Nintendo Wii...