Sony announced tonight that it will acquire the streaming video-game service Gaikai for $380 million. The deal officially closed on June 30, and Sony is purchasing the California-based company as part of a move to disrupt the gaming business.
The …
YouTube popularity has brought success to certain games. A gaming-focused YouTube video with more than a million hits will unquestionably have an impact on sales of the featured title.
Take Minecraft, a vastly popular indie offering with an exponentially growing …
I just picked up a part-time job teaching game design to underserved youth in my neighborhood. The funny thing is, I’ve never really made a video game before, and I don't know how to program. What I do have, however, …
Well, it's not like wishing is going to do us any good. Nintendo told Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu that the bigger, and likely not much better, Nintendo 3DS XL will get its very own Circle Pad Pro accessory.
The Circle …
Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus was quiet for the past couple of months as Facebook went public and Zynga geared up for its big Unleashed event last week, where the massive social-game developer unveiled its latest social games. But afterward, …
Mobile is where the growth is in startups, venture capital portolios, and user activity, according to a post by Fred Wilson, the managing partner at venture capital firm Union Square Ventures and a frequent blogger.
But one of the problems …
Millions of kids (along with a healthy number of adults) want to make a living writing about video games. Dan Amrich wants to create more of them. Or at least give them solid advice on how to succeed at getting …
The Community Spotlight features some of the best unedited articles that didn't quite make the front page. This week's smaller collection features a wish list of characters for the upcoming comic-book brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us, a different take on …
Normally, the Scout wants nothing to do with the Spy during Team Fortress 2's chaotic scrambles for the intelligence within its Capture the Flag maps. That rather unflattering business with Scout's mother left a lasting grudge, after all. Of course, …
Did you know that one guy originally created Worms to enjoy with his friends at school? You can learn more about the humble origins of the hit strategy franchise by watching the video below.
At a recent event, Capcom unveiled gameplay footage of Monster Hunter 4 for the 3DS. The publisher also announced the game will hit Japanese store shelves in spring 2013.
Activision assures that everyone who pre-orders Call of Duty: Black Ops II will receive a redeemable code for the new version of the popular Black Ops map Nuketown.
Linda Arnold is like many other moms. She has three kids — 14-year-old twins David and Ryan, and a daughter, Grace, who is 11. That’s not all. This family is a video gaming family, playing and winning Pokémon video game …
GameStop is catering to "hybrid gamers" as it expands its offering of Android tablets with Google's Nexus 7.
This gallery shows a dozen Lego models inspired by video games, which are a testament to the creativity of both the Lego and gaming communities, and a reminder of the versatility and power of the humble Lego brick.
I love the music of Final Fantasy. Probably a little too much, if I'm being honest. Fortunately, so do the marvelous musical mages at OverClocked Remix.
They've conjured up a new album, entitled Final Fantasy: Random Encounter, full of re-imagined …
I sincerely hope Dishonored's possession mechanic doesn't wind up bandwagon fodder. I don't want the option to jump behind the eyeballs of a fish in the next Deus Ex or Splinter Cell.
Video Blips:
• This Dishonored walkthrough trailer probably …
Silicon Knights' role-playing game received a lot of grief when it was released back in 2008. With low review scores and a terrible marketing campaign, the game didn't sell very well. Too Human was originally planned as a trilogy…now it …
We might think of Uncharted's Nathan Drake as a hero, but the odds are really stacked in his favor. I mean, he can take multiple gun shots while suffering little damage, hide behind cover for five seconds to completely heal …
OnLive hasn’t announced any deals yet to get its cloud gaming service into Sony products. But we’ve spotted a very interesting reference to OnLive in a new Sony product: an Internet-streaming Blu-ray player that comes with Google TV.
As you …
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