News Blips: Dead Space 2, Red Dead Sales, Microsoft Investors, and More
As I am a strong proponent of getting free stuff, this piece of news certainly made my day. News Blips: EA and Visceral Games...
Pixel Revolt 25: The (Almost) Lost Episode
Pixel Revolt is Bitmob's community-driven podcast, in which Derek Lavigne, Jeff Grubb, Brett Bates, and a special guest dive into the Mobfeed to discuss...
Video Blips: Red Dead Redemption, Blacklight: Tango Down, Vanquish, and More
I wonder how the digital actors of Red Dead Redemption would log complaints against director John Hillcoat's thematic vision — crash the game, perhaps?...
Red Dead Redemption leads Take-Two Interactive, and the game industry, to a recovery
Take-Two Interactive Software said it has sold more than 5 million units of its Wild West epic Red Dead Redemption, and it is increasing...
New game studio to pump new life into music games
Seven45 Studios is announcing today its plans to revive the ailing music video game business with a new twist on Guitar Hero style games....
Vindicia adds prepaid gift cards to payment service (exclusive)
Online merchants want to widen their reach to as many consumers as possible. That’s why Vindicia, an online payments company, is integrating its service...
Zynga’s social gaming phenomenon, FarmVille, coming to iPhones
Zynga is the biggest success story to come out of the new wave of social game companies, bu it has been curiously absent from...
RockYou gets $10M from SoftBank as part of Asian expansion
Social apps publisher RockYou said today that it has raised $10 million in funding from SoftBank and it has acquired a majority of the...
Zynga’s comeback plan: Get big in Japan, with SoftBank
Zynga and SoftBank are preparing to announce an alliance to take the social gaming company into the Japanese market. The alliance, which comes at...
Outspark bring’s Chinese online game to Western markets
Outspark has quietly built itself a good business importing Asian online games into the U.S. and European markets. Today, it is announcing that it...