Angry Birds will slingshot themselves onto Facebook
Angry Birds, the mobile game phenomenon created by Finland’s Rovio, is headed to Facebook in the next month. The Angry Birds fan page on...
GDC 2011: The Darkness 2’s Darkling is a crude companion
Watching The Darkness 2's Jackie Estacado stumbling upon an impish creature deep within the bowels of a decrepit subway station makes for a compelling...
News Blips: NGP storage details, Double Fine reveals Trenched, EA committed to rivaling Call of Duty, and more
New info continues to pour in from GDC like a fine wine. Of course, the absence of actual wine in the near vicinity is...
The Geekbox – Episode 107
The Geekbox — Episode 107 (2011-03-02) Wherein we discuss notable absences, Dragon Quest 6: Realms of Revelation, the language of memory, the quirks of...
Video Blips: Zelda: Skyward Sword, Crysis 2, Catherine, and more
Link's transition into precision cutting in The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is probably a direct callout to Metal Gear Solid: Rising's Raiden and...
Now that’s a rant: Brenda Brathwaite unloads on social game haters
Social-gaming entrepreneur Brenda Brathwaite delivered a rant at the Game Developers Conference that would have made a tent preacher proud. In a session where...
Sony touts its PlayStation Network, 70M and counting
An executive at Japanese entertainment conglomerate Sony said its PlayStation Network online service has more than 70 million users now, 70 percent of whom...
Disney looks beyond apps with HTML5 game maker Rocket Pack
Disney has acquired gaming startup Rocket Pack, a specialist in games which use HTML5, the latest version of the Web’s lingua franca. The deal...
AdColony creates an ad network for high-definition mobile videos
Jirbo is launching a new ad network today called AdColony that promises to give mobile developers a new way to make money from high-definition...
Browser makers release standard to bring 3D graphics to web apps without plug-ins
An industry consortium including browser makers Apple, Mozilla, Opera and Google today announced it has created a final standard on how to deliver built-in...