With 320M users, Zynga chief wants the company’s icon front and center on all platforms
Mark Pincus, chief executive of Zynga, wants a “dog activated world.” That means he wants to see Zynga’s dog logo everywhere. If you see...
Microsoft sells 1 million Kinect motion controllers in 10 days
It’s now safe to say that motion-controlled gaming isn’t just a fad. Microsoft said it has sold 1 million units of its newest motion-control...
Dear Developers: Games Have Too Little Choice, Consequence, and Non-linearity
I'm 24 years old and my taste in games is changing. What I look for now is nowhere near what I wanted at the...
Ubisoft’s billion-dollar answer to Call of Duty: Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
Ubisoft, the French video-game publisher, is playing a high-stakes game against U.S. rival Activision Blizzard, testing gamers’ appetites for two near-simultaneous mega-franchise releases with...
Microsoft moves into social games, allies with CrowdStar
Hoping to become a bigger player in social games, Microsoft announced today it revamped its MSN Games casual online games web site and that...
Review: Call of Duty Black Ops shows games can beat the drama and action of movies
One of the best things about the Call of Duty Black Ops video game — this year’s phenomenal blockbuster that pulled in $350 million...
Spansion banks its future on memory chips for 3D mobile game devices
Memory chip maker Spansion may not be a sexy company, but the sexy devices that consumers lust after wouldn’t be possible without it. A...
Reviews Spotlight: Black Ops, Ninja Turtles, and German Fantasy
It's clear that Bitmob has Call of Duty on its mind. But this week's Reviews Spotlight doesn't spend all of its time dwelling on the...
Black Ops and the Military Entertainment Complex
Full disclosure: Gamestop Corporation provided the review copy of Call of Duty: Black Ops, free of charge. The tragic events of September 11, 2001...
Mother 3 Translator Catalogs the Strange World of Game Merch
Over time, whether we intend to or not, we all end up with our own personal video game collections. Maybe you own every title...