The top 11 trends of E3, from bubble shields to evil helicopters
Every year, we get a glimpse of the video game industry’s future at E3. The trade show drew more than 45,000 attendees to Los...
GamesBeat 2011: Game acquisitions and investments are accelerating
Video game investment and acquisitions accelerated in the most recent quarter, according to investment firm Digi-Capital. Tim Merel, managing director of Digi-Capital in London,...
Tapjoy launches $5M fund to port apps to Android
After Apple cut out a big part of Tapjoy‘s business, Tapjoy’s countermove was predictable. Today, the mobile monetization company is starting a $5 million...
Lumosity raises $32M round for brain games
Lumosity has quietly amassed more than 14 million members for its brain-training games, which help you improve your core mental abilities. That in turn...
News Blips: Crysis 2 exits Steam, Duke Nukem Forever PR blunder, Kinect is for core gamers, and more
I guess EA's old moniker of "challenge everything" extends to its newfound kung-fu grip of its games. News Blips: Crysis 2 engaged its nano-cloak...
Video Blips: Child of Eden, Twisted Metal, Earth Defense Force, and more
Fun fact: Child of Eden's creator is Tetsuya Mizuguchi, the mastermind behind the trippy rail shooter Rez. As for the experience, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the...
An interview with Journey co-creator Jenova Chen (video)
We are still showing off all of the goodies we saw at the E3 trade show last week in Los Angeles, where 45,000 attendees...
E3 proves that publishers are still out of touch with half the population
My 2011 obsessions are the Fallout and Mass Effect franchises, I was dedicated to massively multiplayer online, role-playing games for six years, I named...
Zynga launches CityVille Hometown mobile game
Social game maker Zynga is rumored to be headed toward filing for an initial public offering. So it’s not surprising the company is picking...
Hit the deck: LulzSec and Anonymous start trading blows
Hacker group LulzSec has begun publicly attacking hacker group Anonymous, an action that could lead to a civil war of sorts between the two...