Hands on with Microsoft’s slick speech-powered Xbox 360, Windows Phone 7 (video)
Microsoft is rolling out a whole host of speech recognition features for its Windows Phone 7 devices and Kinect-enabled Xbox 360 consoles in a...
Electronic Arts’ The Sims Social is now live
The Sims Social, a social gaming version of Electronic Arts’ incredibly popular life simulation franchise The Sims, is now live on Facebook. Electronic Arts’...
84-year-old becomes oldest app inventor with the word game Dabble
George Weiss is 84, and he just may be the eldest mobile application inventor in America. His app is called Dabble – The Fast...
Zynga gets slapped with patent lawsuit over credits-based gaming
Game maker Zynga is being taken to court over patents that cover some fundamental aspects of social gaming: credits and prize redemption. Agincourt Gaming,...
Zynga acquiring Astro Ape? Key executives change LinkedIn company to “Zynga”
Gaming company Zynga may be acquiring mobile gaming studio Astro Ape. Business Insider reported that Astro Ape employees have been changing their LinkedIn employment...
What Halo means to me: 10 years later
The Halo series has had a profound effect on my life. For some gamers it's Mario, for others it's Solid Snake or Marcus Fenix....
Video Blips: Borderlands 2, Mass Effect 3, Battlefield 3, and more
Borderland 2's rural backwater planet of Pandora sure has some funky water. Explains all the hulking slabs of man-meat running around. Video Blips: •...
Windows Phone 7 gets new Xbox Live features and 14 new games
Microsoft previewed some new Xbox Live games and features for its Windows Phone 7 platform today at the annual Gamescom event in Cologne, Germany....
iQU launches marketing and analytics service for online games
Gamer-profiling company iQU is launching an analytics and marketing platform to help online games find more users through mobile and social networks. The Haarlem,...
Sony’s PlayStation Vita gets more phone-like with Skype and Foursquare
Sony’s upcoming PlayStation Vita portable gaming device will feature built-in 3G (in one model), and the ability to make phone calls using Skype —...