Splash Damage No. 7: Networking
Area 5’s Jay Frechette and game producer Erin Ali met a few years ago when they were both working their way through game design...
What Are Your Watershed Gaming Moments?
Editor’s note: I like Chris’ take on spotlighting memorable moments that might not necessarily be the “biggest” or the usual suspects. After all, even...
Announcing DiscoveryBeat: The event about how to get your app noticed
VentureBeat is throwing a new mini-conference and networking event, DiscoveryBeat. DiscoveryBeat addresses one of the biggest conundrums for Silicon Valley’s most dynamic startups and...
Bitmob Budget games: Corpse Craft: The Incident at Weardd Academy
Think Puzzle Quest with zombies. It’s a match-three puzzle game with surprising depth for a browser game. Match three colors to collect flesh and blood to build a variety of reanimated corpses to destroy your opponent’s workshop while he attempts the do the same to you.
Mega Man Energy Drink: What the World Desperately Needs
The rarified niche of video-game-character-based energy drinks is about to get about 200% more crowded, thanks (is that the right word?) to AAA Distribution....
MultiPin Pinball Machine: Infinite Fun for Lucky Rich People
People with $6000 to burn have all the fun. A company named NanoTech has created the most awesome set of fake metal balls and...
Ubisoft on the making of James Cameron’s Avatar the Game (video)
Avatar the Game from Ubisoft is one of the major video game releases of the fall. Based on James Cameron’s Avatar movie, a sci-fi...
Guess Who: Round Four
OK, so you’ve been having a hard time guessing the video game characters reciting the five seemingly random clues below? Well, you should be...
How investigators tracked down a Modern Warfare 2 cyber pirate
[Updated] The posting last Thursday on Craigslist was alarming. Someone was selling a Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundle, with both a console and...
Megaman 9 for $9.99: The Blue Bomber is Back
The Blue Bomber returns in the 9th installment of the Megaman series. For those who aren't familiar with the series, it's a brilliant mix of sidescrolling platforming, shooting, and unforgiving challenge.