EA’s The Sims Social breezes past Zynga’s Farmville
Game publishing company Electronic Arts‘ newest social game, The Sims Social, has passed social gaming supergiant Zynga’s Farmville and now has 36 million monthly...
Playing with a budget
After finishing graduate school, I joined the unemployed and underemployed masses. I've thought about the price of gaming while waiting for that coveted job...
Quarters optional for this Super Mario game in a box
Back in the old days, before TV tenderized our brains into lumps of clay, side-scrolling games dwelled inside delicately crafted cardboard boxes. At least,...
Xbox 360 dashboard to get fast browsing and better speech recognition
Microsoft will launch a major upgrade for its Xbox 360 dashboard (pictured above) this fall. The upgrade will mean users can browse content faster...
Virtual goods purchases vary by ethnicity
White and black mobile social gamers spend more on virtual goods purchases than Hispanics spend less, according to a survey by mobile gaming firm...
News Blips: Dead Island’s sexist code, Max Payne 3 in March 2012, Activision settles MW3 website dispute, and more
Who says code monkeys lack a sense of humor? Oh, wait, I meant an intolerant sense of humor. My mistake. News Blips: A mysogynistic...
Video Blips: Rage, Kenshi, Deus Ex: Human Revolution DLC, and more
The bandits of Rage know that the quickest way to cow a stronghold is through its plumbing — especially if critical pipe junctions sit...
Zynga’s Adventure World social game goes live
Zynga just launched its Adventure World social game on Facebook, speeding the pace of its game introductions as it prepares for an initial public...
Nintendo 3DS sales nearly triple after price cut
Sales of Nintendo’s latest handheld console, the Nintendo 3DS, rose 260 percent after the company slashed the price of the device by 40 percent....
Retail video game sales plunge 23 percent in August
The summer has been something of a nightmare for the sales of video games in U.S. retail stores. In August, the trend continued as...