The Geekbox – Episode 102
The Geekbox — Episode 102 (2011-01-27) Wherein we discuss the 1st 87th Annual Geekboxies, awesome games, the year in TV, Oscar nominees, editing Wikipedia,...
Doodle Jump game maker Lima Sky goes Hollywood with movie deal
Doodle Jump, an enormously popular game on the iPhone, is going Hollywood in a marketing deal with Universal Pictures, which plans to cross-promote the...
New version of Angry Birds game will tie into animated movie Rio
The Angry Birds juggernaut continues. The mobile game has been downloaded tens of millions of times in the past year and it has broken...
When games invade the real world
I frequently have those crossover moments when games become more real than real life itself. When you catch yourself planning a double jump. When...
Canada’s Real Ventures announces lean startup program for games
Canadian game startups can look forward to receiving private support from a Montreal incubator program announced at a video game finance conference in Toronto....
News Blips: Sony unveils PSP successor, Brian Wilson endorses MLB 2K11, impressive day-one Magicka sales, and more
OK, Sony, you've totally confused me: Handheld platforms are the wave of the future, the PlayStation 3 is riddled with security holes, and you...
Video Blips: Rift, Breach, Lego Star Wars 3, and more
"As the crow flies" takes on a whole new meaning within the volatile world of Rift — the pernicious avians apparently have a tendency...
Sony throws the kitchen sink of gaming technology into NGP
With its new NGP portable entertainment gadget, Sony has stuck to its tried-and-true strategy of packing as much technology as it possibly can into...
Video-game remakes: The business of nostalgia
Nostalgia is a fickle mistress. It’s a concept firmly rooted in that aspect of human nature that finds us dwelling on the past, trying...
Microsoft’s Kinectified game business grows 55 percent — fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history
Call it Kinectification. Microsoft said today that its video-game business grew dramatically thanks to sales of its Kinect motion-sensing system. The Entertainment & Devices...