Netflix chief and Charter Fund buy education game startup DreamBox Learning
Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings and the non-profit venture capital firm Charter Fund have acquired DreamBox Learning for an undisclosed price. The new owners...
Offerpal becomes one-stop shop for ads and offers
In a move to broaden its appeal to advertisers, Offerpal Media is expanding into the ad network business. Today, Offerpal’s main business is running...
Friends for Ten Minutes: GameCrush, Your Online Hostess Bar
Editor's note: I don't usually look at a website and think, "Huh, I hope this fails." But sometimes I do. -Demian Just when you...
Front Toward Enemy: A Creative Use of Claymore Mines
Online matches of Modern Warfare 2 are all pretty typical. Sixteen players charge toward one another, firing guns and throwing grenades — nothing special....
Play it NOW!: God of War 3
In God of war 3 Kratos is angry. So angry, he has not only decided to kill dear old dad, but to kill everyone on his road to revenge. I want to be clear and say up front, I have played the first two games and was a fan of Kratos. While his methods were a bit harsh, they were justified in my opinion.
Big Fish Games swims into Facebook with Treasure Quest casual games portal
Casual game companies, which grew up as operators of portal web sites, are adapting to the new world order of social networking. Big Fish...
Playdom hires ex-Yahoo executive as CTO
Hot social gaming company Playdom has hired former Yahoo executive David Sobeski as chief technology officer. The hire shows that the company is still...
Going full circle, Nolan Bushnell rejoins Atari’s board
The arc on this event spans the entire history of the video game industry. Nolan Bushnell, the father of video games, is rejoining the...
Just Cause 2 Review – “You Are The Scorpio, No?”
Just Cause 2 is one of those games that you can spend an hour playing doing nothing but retarded things like base jumping off...
Stanley Cup 2010: EA Sports Says it’s the Blackhawks!
Time to roll up the ice. You don’t need to play any NHL playoff games this year, because Chicago’s got it in the bag...