CrowdStar expands into China and South Korea with mobile game partners
CrowdStar is announcing today that it is partnering with China’s Tencent and South Korea’s Gamevil to expand its mobile gaming business into Asia. Burlingame,...
Starting with a graphic novel, The Inventor will chronicle the life of Nikola Tesla (exclusive)
The Inventor is a graphic novel about the life of innovator Nikola Tesla. If it takes off, it could become a game, movie, and a series of apps. The aim is to create a transmedia entertainment property.
AMD contends its split-personality PC brains are better than Intel’s
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is introducing a new generation of chips that combine graphics and processors on a single integrated circuit. Code-named Trinity, the new...
Former N-control sales specialist Christoforo claims company threw him under the bus
Gaston and Gaston, a law firm in San Diego, revealed details regarding former N-Control sales specialist Paul Christoforo's suit against iControl, N-Control's parent company. The suit stems from the controversy surrounding the Avenger controller and Christoforo's dismissal after a public fiasco and PR disaster.
Witcher dev CD Projekt Red hiring for “new and different” role-playing game
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings developer CD Projekt Red seeks new talent for a new role-playing game eschewing swords for guns. Lots of guns.
EA returns official DICE servers to Battlefield 3
Electronic Arts has responded to public opinion by returning DICE-controlled servers to the console versions of Battlefield 3 today.
Pikmin 2 finally gets rereleased on Wii at a reasonable price
Gamers anxiously waiting for a rerelease of Pikmin 2 can finally rest easy. Publisher Nintendo announced today that Pikmin 2 and Mario Power Tennis are coming to the Wii in the U.S. as part of the Nintendo Selects program.
Tomb Raider release date pushed back to Q1 2013
Crystal Dynamics, a subsidiary of publisher Square Enix, says it wants to ensure that it can "fully deliver the very highest quality game."
Zynga acquires Wild Needle casual game maker for an estimated $3.8M
Zynga acquired Wild Needle, a casual game company that had backing from Playdom co-founder Rick Thompson, according to TechCrunch. We’ve heard that the purchase...
(Updated with new pictures) Student reveals the origins of his real-life Portal turret
Penn State University student Kevin Swanson talks to GamesBeat about his real-life Portal turret and reveals the role his Portal-obsessed professor had in its origin.
Updated with pictures of the machine's development.