The year in gaming in pictures (photo gallery)
It was an exciting year for the game industry. Here's a visual look at the visual medium of games and the people who make them.
Gift-giving holidays lead to huge success for mobile game developers
Disney Mobile and others saw their games downloaded millions of times.
Top game controversies of 2012
From game violence to sex chat, game companies got into hot water in 2012.
The end is near: 11 Zynga games are victims of cost-cutting
Zynga is shutting down 11 games soon as part of a cost-cutting measure, according to TechCrunch. The free-to-play games are either unpopular or are...
Free month of Xbox Live Gold for users impacted by cloud-save outage
Microsoft hates it when you're mad. Here, have some free Xbox Live Gold.
Update: Xbox Live suffering from lingering cloud-storage problems
Some people are unable to access their save games on Xbox Live's cloud storage.
The 5 worst examples of game-related advertising, marketing, and public relations
The past year served up plenty of examples of the awful advertising, marketing, and public relations campaigns that surround gaming.
The worst uses of video game DLC in 2012
You're being charged more and more money for less and less content these days. How do you feel about that?
The 5 worst gaming trends of 2012
We had some decent trends in gaming this year, but let's go negative.
Kickstarter in 2012: 520,000 backers contributed $79M to game-related projects (correction)
It was definitely the year of the game on Kickstarter.