In recession, social gaming comes of age
Like a new mafia clan in the formative Facebook game Mob Wars, the social gaming industry has carved out its territory, flexed its muscles,...
How Apple can improve the iPhone as a game platform
Apple has come a long way with games on the iPhone. There are 12,403 games among the 59,073 apps, according to Mobclix. The iPhone...
Take-Two experimenting with online NBA game in China
Take-Two Interactive announced yesterday that it’s going to launch an online version of its NBA 2K basketball game in Asia. It will do so...
ZeniMax Media buys id Software, legendary maker of Doom
Zenimax Media said today it is buying id Software, the legendary developer of the Doom and Wolfenstein video games. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed....
Glu to launch mobile versions of 5 popular Activision games
Glu Mobile said today it will launch five new mobile titles as part of the company’s expanded partnership with Activision Publishing. The new titles...
What the Hell: 8-Bit Kanye West RoboCop Video
We don’t know what’s weirder — Kanye West naming a song after the amazing 80’s action flick RoboCop (which Shoe still hasn’t seen, by...
The Indie Scene: A to Z — Cave classic
In the indie gaming scene, I’ve heard Cave Story referred to as a classic, and I wanted to find out why. Rather than cast...
Alabaster: A Fractured Fairy Tale
Editor’s note: I’d never played an interactive fiction ‘game’ before trying Alabaster — it’s kind of like a well-written Choose Your Own Adventure book...
Adobe vets build rival to Flash for iPhone apps
Adobe CEO Shantana Narayu has promised a Flash player for mobile phones in October, but that’s a long way off in the current market. Meanwhile,...
Super Rewards’ advertising offers come to Twitter games
As inevitable as spammy invites, advertising offers are now coming to games that use Twitter. Super Rewards, a leading provider of offers for games...