U.S. virtual goods market to hit $2.1 billion in 2011
Are your friends loading up on tractor fuel in FarmVille, the most popular social game on Facebook? If so, you might understand this prediction:...
USA Network scores loyalty rewards for its online games and web site
TV network USA Network has a thriving online business on the web. Today, the network said it has scored good results from a rewards...
Video game industry giants spit insults at each other
Despite his litigation with his Infinity Ward studio co-founders, Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick says that his company treats its studios the right...
News Blips: Mock Violent-Game Trial Rules Against Industry, Bungie Hints at Potential Halo: Reach DLC, and More
The video-game industry will face some stiff competition in court later this year, but a law school decided it couldn't wait to see how...
Final Reminder: Win one of three $100 Amazon.com gift cards
The countdown is on: This is your final reminder that our contest in conjunction with game-trading site Goozex ends tonight (Monday) at midnight! Three...
The secrets behind Zynga’s success in social gaming (video)
Zynga has become the biggest social gaming company with its Facebook-based games such as FarmVille. Yesterday, 33 million gamers logged into Zynga games. Overall,...
Let Sleeping Spartans Lie
At the end of Halo 3, we sped on our trusty Warthogs through an imploding super structure and watched as the Master Chief made his typical, death-defying leap into a waiting escape ship. But this time something was different—this was the end of Master Chief’s saga.
The ’50s Kitsch: How Fallout 3 and XCOM Provide Deep Thematic Meaning
As I traverse the Capitol Wasteland, I study my surroundings. My health bar is very low, and I need to carefully ration supplies in...
Zynga’s data-junkie leaders aim to improve game design for hit social games
Social game publisher Zynga has become the fastest-growing startup in the valley in part because it is run by “data junkies” who measure every...
Unity Technologies to enable high-end games on web browsers
Slowly but surely, the web is becoming a more hospitable place to host high-end games with sophisticated 3D graphics. That’s one of the reasons...