Lollipop Chainsaw is a blood-soaked date night

Full disclosure: Warner Bros. provided a free Xbox 360 copy of Lollipop Chainsaw for this article.

Early on in Lollipop Chainsaw, developer Grasshopper Manufacture's new exploitation-inspired action game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, protagonist Juliet cuts off her …

3D gaming is dead (and good riddance)

Think of the Electronic Entertainment Expo as a bellweather. Every major player in the industry rolls out their top-line products and sets the tone for the next 12 months, for better or worse. The constant bombardment of information gets so …

WWE ’13 continues 25-year tradition of Mike Tyson punching you in the face

A playable Mike Tyson will be a preorder bonus in WWE '13, but it's not the first time the boxing legend has stepped into the virtual arena.

Publishers and the Homefront of video game marketing

In 2010, THQ gave the gaming world one of the largest marketing campaigns it has ever seen. The effort focused on the first-person shooter, Homefront. THQ knew that it needed to make a big splash with this game, and if it succeeded, …

Why Sony thinks the PlayStation Vita has an advantage over the Wii U

Scott Rohde, vice president of Sony's Worldwide Studios, thinks that the PlayStation Vita has an advantage over the Nintendo's upcoming Wii U.

Hey Nintendo, fans clearly want you to localize the Pokémon Trading Card Game sequel

I've never understood the appeal of playing a video game based on trading cards. Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokémon, and even Dragon Ball Z have their own play on this concept, and every time it seems boring and needlessly complicated. Card games are designed …

Turn your iOS device into a musical instrument for free with Ocarina 2

Smule launches the free Ocarina 2, an app that turns the iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad into a virtual wind instrument.

China’s Tencent nabs a minority stake in Epic Games

China’s most valuable Internet company, Tencent, is continuing its invasion into the U.S. gaming market in a big way today. Epic Games, maker of popular titles like Gears of War, announced today that Tencent has made a strategic minority investment …

Kabam acquires indie maker of Realm of the Mad God web game (exclusive)

Kabam has acquired Wild Shadow Studios, the maker of popular online combat game Realm of the Mad God. The deal shows that Kabam, a maker of hardcore social online games, continues its quest to pick up titles that are played …

Bunchball launches 10 apps to quickly “gamify” websites and enterprises

Bunchball is announcing 10 new apps today that will "gamify" (make non-game apps and processes more game-like) websites and enterprises in a quick and painless fashion.

Zynga focuses on simplicity with its latest social game, Ruby Blast

Ruby Blast is Zynga's latest arcade-style Facebook game. It combines a bit of Bejeweled, a bit of Diamond Dash, and a whole lot of mining.

Mobcast is coming back! Help us with a new name, win free games

The Mobcast is back! Sorta. Thanks to the resources Bitmob now has access to from our still-in-progress merger with GamesBeat, we will be revitalizing our old podcast under a new name.

The award-winning format will be the same as the …

Civilization V: Gods & Kings subtly criticizes religion

I founded a religion last night. We worship trees and stone. Unsurprisingly, my cities are surrounded by forests and stone quarries. By shaping my religion based on my surroundings, I’ve gained bonus happiness for my people and improved their faith. …

Indie Game: The Movie shows the human side of game development

Note: BlinkWorks Media sent me a copy of Indie Game: The Movie for this article.

As a gamer invested in the success of the medium, I feel a compulsory obligation to support indie gaming; failure to do so entails support …

Hands-on with Microsoft Surface, a tablet targeting the iPad…and Ultrabooks

Earlier today we caught our first glimpse at the Microsoft Surface, Microsoft’s new Windows 8 tablet, at a press event in Los Angeles (check out our full live coverage). After the event I got some hands-on time with both Surface …

The truth about the coin blocks from Mario

Certain things in gaming that have become so iconic we don't really question them. I mean, take the yellow block with a question mark on it from the Mario series. Why does it float? How did coins get in there? …

Australia lifts ban on mature games

With bipartisan support, the Australian Parliament has passed a law creating an "R18+" rating for mature video games which will allow retailers to sell many violent and controversial titles for the first time.

Man turns an NES into the ultimate Nintendo-emulating machine (gallery)

This machine can play emulated Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy games.

Unity Technologies looks to rule Linux and mobile gaming with Unity 4

Today, Unity Technologies announced plans to update its Unity development tools and graphical engine. A graphical engine like Unity is a piece of software that lets a developer make a game without having to program all of the graphics from …