Current rumors suggest that developer Rocksteady's next Batman game will be a prequel to its previous titles, Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. The new game will supposedly take place in the comic-book world's Silver Age (between 1956 and 1970), and …
Once again, we get nerdy with the big kids in class!
In the last five years, Geek Mecca shifted from your parents’ basement to the San Diego Comic-Con, the new epicenter for all things that got you ostracized in high …
It’s official. Deadpool, Marvel Comics’ merc with a mouth, is finally getting a video game all to himself. As announced at Comic-Con 2012, Activision and High Moon Studios (the developers behind the most recent Transformers games) will be releasing the …
My weakness for Dragon Quest-related items is well known at this point, but didn't you want one of these adorable soaps the moment you saw them [via TinyCartridge]:
Geek Soap is an online retailer specializing in, well, geeky bathing goods. …
A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is close to a deal on legalizing online poker, a possible victory for supporters of greater liberalization of gambling laws. But the group is also considering tightening restrictions on other forms of Internet gambling, …
The people have spoken. And they want their Ouya. The new video game console company has raised more than $5 million in a crowd-funded Kickstarter project in just seven days.
Valve Software wants its digital distribution giant Steam on the Linux operating system.
Star Wars: The Old Republic executive producer Rich Vogel, has left BioWare Austin. He oversaw all aspects of the massively multiplayer role-playing game during its development and after its launch.
Nintendo wasn’t planning for a standard gaming controller for the Wii U. But it announced one this year for “multiplatform gaming.” Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter speculates that the reason the publisher did so was pressure from third parties such …
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Oberon Media is no more. Say hello to Iplay.
The new brand identity reflects an expansion of the company’s game offerings, products and services. The company has rolled out a new technology platform, has added a new executive team, and …
What does one of the world's most successful and active game investors think of the future of the medium?
Crazy Fairies is launching today on Facebook, Kongregate, and Spicy Horse's own website. Within 30 days, it will also launch on iOS and Android devices.
TransGaming is announcing today that it has developed an exclusive World Poker Tour game for smart TVs that will launch in the fall.
The game will launch with a number of unnamed operators who use TransGaming‘s smart TV gaming platform, …
Game industry legend Tony Goodman, the co-creator of Age of Empires, is launching a new mobile game startup today called PeopleFun.
Miniclip has been around for more than a decade as an extremely popular casual and hardcore games portal. But the company is making its games more social by launching an all new web design today.
The portal, which has 800 …
Tom Hanks is probably the last person you think of when I say "video games," but the famous actor is dipping his toes into gaming development with a new iOS and Android app, Electric City: The Revolt, a 99 cent role-playing game.
Sony Pictures has enlisted the aid of mobile-app developer PlayFirst to adapt its upcoming 3D-animated comedy Hotel Transylvania to a smartphone game.
Since the American Revolution popularized the idea of freedom of speech, many American citizens have embraced that right to not only challenge their government and its leaders, but to also challenge the opinions and beliefs of others. Sadly, many countries …
I never invested much time into Japanese RPGs until Secret of Mana came along. The adventure contains some of the best orchestrations I've ever heard.
The overworld theme, "Into the Thick of It," was the first song to show me …
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