At Nintendo’s E3 press event, Zelda and goofy cartoon games
Reminding an audience of video-game insiders of the importance of hits, Nintendo kicked off a press event at the E3 trade show with a demo...
Dell supplies servers for OnLive’s games-on-demand service
Dell is announcing today it will be the server partner for OnLive, the games-on-demand service that debuts on Thursday after eight years of development....
Richard Branson’s Virgin Group moves back into video games with tournament site (video)
Billionaire Richard Branson has had the golden touch with many businesses in the Virgin Group. Now his company hopes to work its magic again...
OnLive unveils its line-up for cloud-based online gaming service — at a much lower price
OnLive is announcing today it will have 10 games available for the June 17 launch of its long-awaited online gaming service. OnLive is offering...
E3 Picture Gallery: Wish We Were There Part 1
Is there anywhere else in the world gamers wish they were than Los Angeles this week? If your answer to that question is "yes,"...
PC and TV makers hope 3D steals the show at E3
Hardware companies always want to sell you on the next big thing. At E3, there’s a growing chorus among companies big and small that...
Playing games on Microsoft’s Kinect is a blast (hands-on videos)
I got a chance to play hands-on — or maybe I should say hands-free — with the new Kinect motion-sensing accessory for Microsoft‘s Xbox...
Xbox 360’s new model: the clearance sale no one noticed
Besides introducing a new model today, Microsoft also did something today that was long overdue. It cut prices on the older Xbox 360 video...
Using games to make movies, Machinima.com raises $9M
Using video game characters to make animated movies with funny voice overs started as a joke. But now it’s big business. Machinima.com has just...
FarmVille maker Zynga gets $147M investment from Japan’s SoftBank
In a deal months in the making and first reported by VentureBeat, Zynga has raised $147 million from Japan’s SoftBank, according to Bloomberg. The investment...