Video Blips: Saints Row: The Third, Rage, Sniper Elite V2, and more
I'm binging on Saints Row 2 in giddy anticipation for Saints Row: The Third's November 15 release. Time to snatch up some more hos! ...
Japanese mobile game companies make their own strategic moves
Japan is seeing a lot of action in the heavy rivalry between the two mobile social game networks DeNA and Gree. DeNA announced today that it...
Zynga exec departs on the eve of IPO to run eHarmony
Former Zynga general manager Jeremy Verba has left the company to become chief executive officer of dating site eHarmony after working at the social...
Facebook strikes back at Google with its own game enhancements
Fighting back against Google’s new social game platform, Facebook announced its own game announcements today. The enhancements are part of a larger set of...
Angry Birds maker Rovio seeks $1.2B valuation in upcoming funding round
Angry Birds maker Rovio is in the process of a fundraising round that would value the company at $1.2 billion, according to a report...
Three ideas for my next indie gaming masterpiece
I have finally finished working on All the Bad Parts, my very own Xbox Live indie game. Soon, I'll get to release my personal...
July retail video game sales drop 26 percent, worst month since 2006
The U.S. retail game industry continues to suffer from a low rate of new game releases. Now we know just how much, thanks to...
Kabam launches Edgeworld real-time combat game on Facebook and Google+
Slowly but surely, Kabam is turning social networks into platforms for hardcore games. The high-flying company has now launched its fifth major game on...
Take that, Facebook: Google+ commission on game transactions is 5 percent, not 30 percent
For the launch of its Google+ social games platform, Google has found one way to differentiate itself from Facebook. For in-game transactions, Google is...
Google adds games from Zynga, PopCap and others to Google+
Google has finally added games to its Google+ social network, the company announced in a blog post today. The first set of games includes smash...