Journey video game brings indie creativity to the PlayStation Network Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2011 4 min Journey promises to be one of the most interesting video games of the year. Having played one of its levels, I have no idea... Continue Reading 4 min
VentureBeat’s most anticipated games of E3 2011 (take our poll) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2011 7 min The E3 video game trade show will draw about 45,000 attendees to the Los Angeles Convention Center next week. We aren’t sure of all... Continue Reading 7 min
Microsoft tops 35M active Xbox Live members and 55M Xbox 360s sold Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2011 1 min Microsoft said it has sold more than 55 million Xbox 360 video game consoles since 2005 and it now has 35 million active Xbox... Continue Reading 1 min
With Facebook deal and more, OnLive shows off impressive momentum Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2011 3 min OnLive is announcing a bunch of partnerships today that show the company’s games-on-demand service has a lot of momentum. In advance of the E3... Continue Reading 3 min
Father of video games Nolan Bushnell to keynote GamesBeat 2011 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2011 1 min Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and father of the modern video game industry, will be the keynote speaker at VentureBeat’s GamesBeat 2011 conference at... Continue Reading 1 min
MagicPixelGames founded to make motion-control family games Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2011 2 min Magic Pixel Games is coming out of stealth today as a new game studio focused on making motion-control family games. The Los Angeles game... Continue Reading 2 min
Up close with the games on the Sony NGP portable gaming device Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2011 2 min Sony showed off some of the cool new games it has developed for the NGP, the next-generation portable gaming device that will grab center... Continue Reading 2 min
Hands-on report: Sony’s NGP is a big bet on top-quality portable games Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2011 4 min Sony is betting big that hardcore game fans aren’t going to be happy with the free games they can get on tablets or smartphones.... Continue Reading 4 min
A perfectionist indie makes Sound Shapes for Sony’s NGP portable (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2011 3 min Jonathan Mak is pretty serious about making perfect games. Back in 2007, as a solo game designer, Mak created an award-winning game called Everyday... Continue Reading 3 min
Ngmoco prepares for Mobage mobile social game network launch Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 2, 2011 2 min Ngmoco, the mobile gaming startup that was acquired by Japan’s DeNA last year, is preparing to launch its social network for mobile games in... Continue Reading 2 min