The view from CES: The top 10 trends in technology for 2012
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a huge festival of gadgetry, but there’s no better place to get a bead on where technology is...
6waves Lolapps acquires mobile game maker Escalation Studios
6waves Lolapps said today it has acquired Dallas-based mobile game maker Escalation Studios. The move is part of a concerted effort by the social...
Original Doom game now available on Xbox Live
For those of you who are nostalgic for the BFG 9000 gun and its ability to lay waste to hordes of demonic monsters, there’s...
How BioWare saw a chance to differentiate Mass Effect 3 with Kinect (interview)
Aaryn Flynn has a lot riding on Mass Effect 3, the sci-fi shooter and role-playing game that debuts on March 6. Flynn is general...
Use voice commands to play better in Mass Effect 3 (video)
Mass Effect 3 is one of the hot new video games coming this spring from BioWare, whose previous two installments have sold millions of...
News Blips: Max Payne 3 delayed, SOPA delayed, and cloud gaming’s future costs
The real reason for Max Payne 3's delay: Rockstar's artists were ordered to redesign the titular protagonist's tank top for a more believably off-white...
Video Blips: Street Fighter X Tekken, Starhawk, and Sherlock Holmes
I always wonder what happened to the monks managing the obligatory Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine arenas in fighitng games — unless the fighters...
A few reasons to have hope for Club Nintendo
Club Nintendo does have some cool rewards, but the items are highly subjective. Unless you’re 12 or into stickers, posters, and other Nintendo-related swag,...
Which anti-SOPA game companies are fighting back, and how
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have definitely gotten the Internet’s attention, but not in the good Elmo orders...
Alienware launches its $699 X51 gamer PC for the mass market
Dell’s Alienware division announced a gamer PC for the rest of us at an event in San Francisco tonight. At $699, the X51 gamer...