Kontagent launches real-time social app monitoring system
Once upon a time, analytics companies could update their data once a day for social media companies. But in the age of Twitter and...
Bigpoint expands to US with Electronic Arts digital distribution deal
In a big endorsement for browser-based digital game distribution, German online game firm Bigpoint is announcing today that it will distribute online games for...
Europe’s digital game revenue to grow 89 percent by 2015
Europe isn’t always viewed as a dynamic market. But a new report says that the digital game market is expected to grow 89 percent...
Our obsession with mobile games is growing (exclusive survey)
Our appetite for mobile games is growing, with more than a third of U.S. and U.K. adults saying that they play mobile games, according...
Gaikai launches game streaming beta tests for four Electronic Arts games
Gaikai has launched a beta test of its game streaming service that allows gamers to play high-quality video games in a browser. The first...
Reviews Spotlight: Mario Kart, matryoshka dolls, and Mass Effect 2
As always, the Reviews Spotlight gathers the week's most evocative reviews for your personal edification. Don't read too fast, though…I say anything involving sexy,...
Kusoge Sunday – Tag Team Wrestling
Just as love of B-movies, which are by definition inferior to their peers, is an accepted part of Western pop culture, love of inferior games is something of a phenomenon in Japan. The Japanese call them “kusoge,” a portmanteau of the words for “shit” and “game”.
Microsoft takes over Halo with launch of upcoming Defiant Map Pack (video)
The baton has been passed in the Halo video game franchise. Microsoft‘s 343 Industries game studio has taken the reins from Bungie to develop...
A small game studio scores big with Torchlight (video)
Max Schaefer is the head of Runic Games, a tiny game startup with a big punch. He and his brother Erich have been making...
The best three new features of Batman: Arkham City
Batman just can't get a break. When he's not knocking heads together to save yet another batch of hapless hostages, he's snubbing his nose...