Meez teen virtual playground integrated into MySpace
Meez has built a virtual playground for 13 million teens in the past couple of years. Now that playground is going to get a...
Gears of War 2: Chainsaw Wrath
Editor’s note: A funny…almost touching story (almost) about a man’s raw hatred toward a cheap weapon and his girlfriend’s reaction to his rant —...
Scoreloop will help iPhone developers make their games social
Scoreloop is announcing today that it will make it easier than ever for iPhone game makers to put social networking features in their games....
Zynga’s FarmVille gamers donate to Haiti’s poor via virtual goods
The capacity to do good with a video game is a fledgling concept. It has been around for a while, but has never been...
Lab Mice Give Quake 2 a Spin
First we had to worry about competition from the younger generation — they’ve got plenty of time to practice and the reflexes to take...
Infinity Ward Twists the Knife in PC Gamers’ Backs
Editor’s note: Guess what, Activision? You won’t be getting Jon Cole’s hard-earned cash this holiday season. Read Jon’s chronicle of errors to find out...
Did the Beatles bomb with the video game generation?
The Fab Four did not set the video game world on fire with the launch of The Beatles Rock Band. The game was one...
Game sales squeak out a modest gain in September; Sony takes lead with PS 3 Slim
U.S. video game hardware and software sales grew a modest 1 percent in September, compared to a year ago. That pretty much dashed hopes...
More GreenBeat all-star speakers: Andres Carvallo, Pamela Lesh, Benno Ritter, George Arnold, Frank Magnotti, Pilgrim Beart
We’re delighted to announce the latest speakers for our GreenBeat event on Nov. 18 and 19. The caliber of the speakers and program content...
Tetris’d: Famous Puzzler Turned Platformer?
Versions of Tetris exist for just about every piece of plastic that can play games. We’ve seen black-and-white versions, color versions, and even variations on...