Riot Games hopes to turn its hit game League of Legends into a household name by dramatically expanding a professional-gaming league that rewards players with big prizes and recognition.
Jim Veevaert has crossed over from making games like Halo 3 to Zynga's social games like Ruby Blast. He says he's never going back.
Nintendo has another New Super Mario Bros. game, but is it fair to still call it new?
ARM Mali T600-based devices will be able to display eye-popping, beautiful 3D graphics.
Editor's Pick Innovative Leisure has raised a seed round to fund its "new arcade" mobile games.
Khronos Group's new OpenGL 3.0 software will raise mobile 3D-graphics quality, leading to better-looking zombies on our iPhone or Android tablets.
If you haven’t heard of it, the Tetris effect occurs when one devotes an excessive amount of time to an activity or game, and it begins to overtake the sufferer’s thoughts and dreams. It’s named for the classic block-stacking puzzler Tetris. …
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Spinning, zooming, creating, zapping and slapping: all in a day's beta with Little Big Planet Karting.
A private Team Fortress 2 server features a plethora of geeky Easter Eggs.
Here are seven (lame) ways that people cut corners in the most low-pressure games in existence.
The Community Spotlight features some of the best unedited articles that didn't quite make the front page. This week, we examine on-disc DLC in Capcom games, ponder the changing model of triple-A development, draw connections between Mass Effect and Nintendo …
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The music in the Mass Effect trilogy backs some of the most epic, poignant, and beautiful moments in recent gaming memory. Anyone whose played it will not soon forget the soaring strings and strident trumpets which helped make each game's …
When I was younger, I complained a lot about things that I wanted. Video games, movies, and toys were just a few of the things I threw tantrums over. When I started acting like this, my dad would tell me …
The new trailer for Horn, Phosphor and Zynga's upcoming mobile action game.
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Each month, the Bitmob Writing Challenge offers both old and new community members a chance to write on a specific topic. If you find this introduction a bit bland, then that’s what I want to hear — this month we’re …
Germany's Gameforge has announced that it is moving into the mobile gaming market.
The industry has commonly referred to Nintendo's upcoming Wii U as the first of the next-generation consoles; however, this moniker is up for much speculation in light of the current console market.
Up until this point, the market has been …
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