Another ex-Ensemble mobile game startup, BonusXP, comes out of stealth (exclusive)
BonusXP is coming out of stealth today as a new mobile game studio, founded by a team whose members come from Zynga’s Bonfire Studios,...
Bethesda and id release 20th anniversary edition of Wolfenstein 3D as web/mobile game
id Software and its new owner Bethesda Softworks are announcing today a new 20th anniversary edition of Wolfenstein 3D, playable as a web-based browser...
How to design a game for your teenage daughter
Designing games for teenage girls can be a gold mine on the iPhone or Android mobile devices. But it’s also pretty tricky, if...
Original Doom game now available on Xbox Live
For those of you who are nostalgic for the BFG 9000 gun and its ability to lay waste to hordes of demonic monsters, there’s...
Our picks for the best video games of the fall season
NOTE: Each week, I’m writing a column on videogames called The DeanBeat that’s available to newsletter subscribers a day before it appears on the...
Review: id Software grows up with next-generation shooting game Rage
Editor’s note: This post contains some story spoilers. After more than five years in gestation, id Software’s Rage video game hits the stores tonight....