A tale of two launches: Steve Jobs biography and Battlefield 3
There’s a tale in two numbers that were released last week. Walter Isaacson’s well-received biography of Steve Jobs sold an estimated 379,000 copies in...
News Blips: GTA5 in San Andreas, BF3 trails behind COD on XBL, three Silent Hill games next year, and more
Most of my friends in the San Francisco Bay Area consider Los Angeles with a significant measure of scorn. I'm sure they're now rejoicing...
Video Blips: Saints Row: The Third, Call of Duty Elite, Hitman: Absolution, and more
I'm sure Saints Row: The Third's city of Steelport has its fair share of quaint properties. Minus the prostitutes. And the zombies. And the...
Comic: Uncharted Drake’s Sidequests
I just got my copy of Uncharted 3 today and while I was playing it I noticed this little thing about Nathan Drake’s notebook that always bothered me in every game. If you look at it after a puzzle or event, there’s this detailed drawing in there of what just happened.
Zynga preps CastleVille in bid to defend its social game empire
Social game maker Zynga is about to launch a new game, CastleVille, in its ongoing bid to keep on the path toward an initial public...
Review: Forza Motorsport 4 roars onto the Xbox 360
Editor’s note: This is our first game review from Rob Wyatt, a game programming veteran, Xbox architect and chief scientist at Otoy. He plans...
Game maker RockYou to cut staff by 40% just weeks after launching two new games
Game-maker RockYou is set to announce major layoffs tomorrow just weeks after launching two new games, Galactic Allies and Hooked, VentureBeat has learned. Redwood...
Rockstar releases Grand Theft Auto V trailer
Just over a week after alerting fans that a new Grand Theft Auto game, GTA V, is on the way, game maker Rockstar has debuted...
Angry Birds flies past 500 million downloads
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGdwUiTRn-I&w=640&h=360] People just can’t seem to get enough Angry Birds (or they just really hate those egg-thieving pigs). Game maker Rovio announced today that its flagship...
News Blips: Study’s results on console gamer expenditures, free Gears of War 3 map pack, and Microsoft almost killed new MechWarrior
Happy post-Halloween candy day! I snagged a jumbo-sized bag of Reese's for $3. News Blips: A study by market research firm Newzoo shows over...