Pixel Revolt 27: Bucket-List Games, Tired Franchises, and Tacked-On Multiplayer
Pixel Revolt is Bitmob's community-driven podcast, in which Derek Lavigne, Jeff Grubb, Brett Bates, and a special guest dive into the Mobfeed to discuss...
Critics skewer Medal of Honor, and investors take down EA’s stock price
Only 30 publications have fully reviewed Electronic Arts‘ big game of the fall, Medal of Honor, on the Xbox 360 game console. But the...
Summer Wars: A Movie That Finally Gets Gaming Culture Right
A few games-related movies — Mass Effect, Uncharted, Shadow of the Colossus, etc. — are on the 2011-12 horizon, but the real gem that...
News Blips: Costly 3DS, Growing Game Budgets, Redbox Game Rentals, and More
Remember when we determined the 3DS's hefty cost? The Japanese noticed. News Blips: Eighty percent of Japanese gamers consider Nintendo's 3DS to be a...
PlayFirst raises $9.2M to expand casual gaming offerings
Casual gaming startup PlayFirst announced this morning that it has raised an additional $9.2 million. The company, which started in 2004, is best known...
Video Blips: Black Ops, Epic Mickey, DC Universe Online, and More
Treyarch's unsubtle grab at the modern-shooter spotlight is clearly evident in Call of Duty: Black Ops. I felt right at home after witnessing the...
Current-Gen Multiplayer Is Boring: Redefining What It Means to Play Together
In a recent article on Bitmob, Rus McLaughlin argued that multiplayer is in dire need of fixing. He examined three upcoming titles' approach to...
Zynga to expand social game empire to Seattle
Zynga, the fast-growing maker of social games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, has just posted a bunch of job openings for a social game...
Saying Goodbye
I’m leaving for the city today on a train that I knew would be waiting for me. I knew it would be taking me...
Ngmoco aims to be part of a global social mobile gaming company
Neil Young, chief executive of iPhone game maker Ngmoco, said in an interview today that he agreed to sell his company to Japan’s DeNA...