Wal-Mart to share game data with market analysts — finally
Wal-Mart Stores is finally going to allow market researchers to use data on the sales of video games at Walmart and Sam’s Club warehouse...
Summer funk continues, video game sales topple 10 percent
In June, video game sales fell once again as the U.S. retail game industry continues to suffer from a low rate of new game releases,...
Cloud-based video games will put pirates out of business
Ever wonder what the gaming world would be like without pirates? That future isn’t too far away, thanks to the advent of cloud-based gaming...
Sony starts $20M fund to secure PlayStation Network exclusives
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable manufacturer Sony has started a $20 million program to fund independent developers making exclusive downloadable games for its consoles,...
Games industry vet Jordan Weisman: game technology is at its peak
Video game consoles have reached a point where they are so powerful that companies no longer need to focus on adding more horsepower to...
EA’s Secret World online game is nothing like World of Warcraft
Electronic Arts already has a game like Blizzard Entertainment’s supergiant online game, World of Warcraft, in the works — but it looks like the...
Nielsen: games are the most popular smartphone apps
More than half of all smartphone owners played games and racked up about 8 hours of play time each month in the second quarter...
Global games business to hit $112B by 2015
Spending on video games around the globe will grow from $74 billion in 2011 to $112 billion by 2015, according to market researcher Gartner....
Sony plans to redesign PlayStation Network
Sony is planning a redesign of its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), following a hacking attack that brought the network down for...
Capcom steps on classic gamers with Resident Evil: The Mercenaries save-game "feature"
“Note: Saved data on this software cannot be reset.” It’s rather inconspicuous, in tiny print on the back of the game cartridge. But that...