Zynga lines up its next social game: Adventure World
Zynga just revealed a teaser for its next big social game, an Indiana Jones-inspired creation called Adventure World. The video trailer on the new...
OnLive to power on-demand game demos at game fan site GameSpot
Video game news site GameSpot will start offering visitors the ability to instantly test games online with live game demos. The free demos will...
Indie darling Minecraft “incompatible” with Steam digital distribution service
Indie darling game Minecraft, which has more than 10 million users, is “incompatible” with wildly popular game digital distribution service Steam because game’s secondary...
Woozworld raises $6M to take tween virtual world into mobile
Woozworld, maker of a user-generated virtual world for kids ages 9 to 14, has raised $6 million. The company will use the money to...
Otoy’s cloud tools can render stunningly realistic video (exclusive)
Filmmakers and game creators would love to create animations so realistic that they look like they were produced inside a Star Trek Holodeck, the...
Pretzel yourself with TwisterMania on Kinect
Some game ideas go together like peanut butter and jelly. That’s what comes to mind with the combination of Microsoft‘s Kinect motion-sensing system and...
This $25 computer (yes, computer!) also runs Quake 3
Remember that $25 computer about the size of a flash drive game developer David Braben unveiled in May? According to a video posted on...
Zeebo raises $17M for interactive education for kids
Zeebo, which started out making low-cost game consoles for emerging markets and is now focused on education, has raised $17 million in equity funding...
OnLive passes its first test as a cloud-based Deus Ex: Human Revolution shines (review)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution.
Well, you can put those fears to rest. Human Revolution is the first in what looks like a series of fantastic blockbuster titles on the launchpad this fall. The game looked gorgeous and blazed along at something north of 50 frames per second on OnLive — slightly better than the kind of performance you’d expect from a high-power PC or an Xbox 360.
GameStop hands out $50 gift cards after pulling free OnLive game coupons
Game retailer GameStop is handing out $50 gift cards as an apology to gamers who bought PC copies of Deus Ex: Human Revolution after...