Guitar Hero exec bails on music, takes CEO job at Chegg.com
[updated with interview] Guitar Hero had a very tough year in 2009 as the masses took a break from music video games. So it’s...
Let Our Games Roam (Region) Free
Editor’s note: I’ve never understood why video games are “region locked.” If I want to play a Japanese version of a game — especially...
Star Trek Online starts boldly today with a million registered users
Not many games can boast having a million registered users by the time they formally launch. Then again, there’s only one Star Trek Online...
BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is one of the first great games of 2010
BioWare’s Mass Effect 2 is a masterpiece of storytelling that shows that movies and books don’t have a monopoly on epic tales. This video...
Bits of Cake: Bitmob’s Fat Princess Game Night
Quell your fantasies of Zelda, Leia, and Peach, because on Friday, a 300-lb damsel in distress needs rescuing, and we’re summoning the Bitmob community...
Vivox raises $6.8M for voice chat for online games
Video game voice-chat provider Vivox is announcing today that it has raised $6.8 million for its business of providing voice services for online games,...
Spittin’ the Harshest Rhymes: Hip Hop and Video Games
After Aeris Gainsborough ventured back into the Forgotten City, Cloud and company gave chase. The concerned group stumbled upon their starry-eyed healer praying at...
Coming soon to your PlayStation 3: Reality TV
Sony is announcing today that it will launch an original reality TV series on its PlayStation Network for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable...
The Gamer’s Guide to Buying Sports Games
Editor’s note: Sports games frustrate me. As a former sportswriter, you’d think that I’d be a big fan of these games. But I’m not,...
Namco Networks is investing heavily in social and mobile games
There is life beyond Pac-Man. Namco Bandai Games is famous for the quintessential video game of the 1980s. And that game has helped the...