Trusted Opinion "gamifies" its restaurant recommendation community
Social recommendation firm Trusted Opinion is adding a social game platform to get its community of a million restaurant fans to engage in the...
GameStop dives into casual online games with Kongregate acquisition
Video game retail giant GameStop is opening 400 stores a year, but it knows that the shift to digital game distribution is coming. That’s...
Dark Roast Media integrates Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes into its social game
Small social game company Dark Roast Media may not be the biggest on the block, but it’s doing something interesting with its Facebook game,...
12 years after original game, Blizzard's Starcraft II goes on sale
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty went on sale tonight, some 12 years after the original game debuted. The game is likely to be one...
Limbo: A Journey Through Hell
Editor's note: Patricia looks at Limbo's core concept of travel from a philosophical and psychological perspective. -Demian "Why is man the most restless, dissatisfied...
Coming soon: PlayStation underwear?
PlayStation underwear? The thought isn’t necessarily that crazy. It’s what popped into my head when I saw this announcement: Sony Computer Entertainment today announced...
News Blips: DRM Ruling, Games as Forensic Tools, 3DS Game Pricing, and More
Bust a jig if you're overjoyed by the Library of Congress' recent ruling. Unless you're Steve Jobs. News Blips: The Register of Copyrights (part...
Video Blips: Starcraft 2, DC Universe Online, Street Fighter X Tekken, and More
I woke up this morning with the afterimage of a dream involving space marines and fearsome aliens still imprinted in my mind. Either I'm...
Random Questions with Activision's Dan Amrich
Editor's note: Toby keeps scoring prized interviews with some of the more interesting people in the community-management sector. This time, we've got former video-game...
Starcraft II pre-orders hit 800,000 in Americas
Just a day before the release of Starcraft II, the pre-orders for the sci-fi PC game have hit 800,000 units, suggesting the game will...