Casual game site Miniclip expands into mobile games
Miniclip has grown its audience of casual gamers on the web to more than 57 million users in the past decade. Now the Neuchatel,...
Google pushes further into social networking, buys SocialDeck
In its effort to challenge Facebook, Google has become a social butterfly. The latest proof of that is Google’s acquisition today of SocialDeck, a...
Microsoft ups XBox Live subscription price by $10 a year
The cost of streaming Netflix, accessing social networks and playing games online on Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game console will go up beginning Nov. 1,...
Glu Mobile raises $13.5M in private placement as it expands to smartphone games
Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile has raised $13.5 million in a private placement as it aims to expand its position in smartphone games. The...
Nintendo cutting prices on its older DS handhelds on Sept. 12
Nintendo is cutting the prices of its older handheld game systems, the Nintendo DSi and the Nintendo DSi XL, on Sept. 12 as it...
Reviews Spotlight: Valiant Princes, Pocket Monsters, and the G-Man
We're calling this week's Reviews Spotlight the "Back to School Special." With Team Rocket running loose and talk of Half-Life 2: Episode 3, we...
Casual Games: An Effective Defense Against Unwanted Social Encounters
Editor's note: Ben provides an interesting take on the stigma attached to gaming. He suggests that rather than fight against it, we should use...
The Groan-Inducing Humor of Dragon Quest IX
Dragon Quest IX has some of the cheesiest writing I've ever seen in a video game. The game is great, even to someone like...
The Goozex Top 10, August 27 Edition
As part of our partnership with game-trading site Goozex, we'll be bringing you a regular top 10 list from the site, which measures users'...
Sony’s PlayStation Move: A Hard Sell
Editor's note: While editing this article, I learned that the PlayStation Move launches in just over three weeks. I had no idea. (I knew...