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Zynga: Is this the start of a turnaround?
I’m about to say something that’s likely to make me unpopular around these parts: Zynga may actually know what it’s doing. I…
Far Cry 3 is full of enterprising psychopaths, here’s another one
Far Cry 3 is a bit like Survivor, but with a lot more guns and maybe a few more crazy people. This…
Genius Sonority’s Denpa Men reaches back to the company’s 16-bit roots
This is a column by Kat Bailey dedicated to the analysis of the once beloved Japanese RPG sub-genre. Tune in every Wednesday…
Coming Tonight: ‘He-Man’, ‘Penny Arcade’s On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3’, ‘Punch Quest’ and More
It’s Wednesday again, and the best thing for that post-keynote afterglow is a whole load of new games. There’s some good stuff…
TA Plays: ‘Shardlands’ – An Atmospheric Puzzle Game
This afternoon, Eli and I checked out Shardlands [$1.99]. It’s billed as an atmospheric puzzle game and that seems pretty on point….
Hands-On With Airtight Games’ First Mobile Game ‘Pixld’
Gear up: a hip puzzle game from Airtight Games is shooting down the pipe and it’ll hit the iPhone, iPad, and iPod…
This is madness: GameStop God of War: Ascension pre-order perk is ‘300’ DLC
Gamestop’s God of War: Ascension pre-order bonus is an exclusive multiplayer costume taken from Zack Snyder’s 2007 movie 300, because nothing says…
Midway VFX lead footage shines the light on planned Stranglehold sequel
Before Midway went under in 2009, the studio had already started to pursue a sequel to Stranglehold, itself a sequel to John…
Zynga posts loss of $52.7 million in Q3
Zynga has released its financial results for the third quarter of 2012, and while business-wide revenue is up year-over-year – $316 million…
It Speaks: The Fictional Languages of Video Games
How creative linguistics help mold digital worlds….
BoostTurbine To Charge Your Phone With Hand-Turbine
Eton has announced the Boost Line of portable chargers. The first in the series, The BoostTurbine Series will provide on-the-go powers to…
‘Fieldrunners 2’ Halloween Update Goes Live
Halloween, of all things, has come to Fieldrunners 2 HD [$7.99 (HD)]. In the tower defense title’s latest update, creator Subatomic Studios…
Q&A: Martin Rae, President of the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences has announced the dates for next year’s D.I.C.E. summit, which will once again encourage the…
Hit List Q&A: Randy Pitchford, Gearbox Software President
In the “Hit List” from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences, the video game industry’s top talents describe their current gaming…
Gree spends $173M to snatch up mobile card game dev
Gree has made another nine-digit acquisition for a mobile social game studio, Pokelabo, which just released a card battle game that could…
TA Plays: ‘He-Man: The Most Powerful Game In The Universe’ – A Side-scrolling Action Fest
Earlier this morning, Eli and I spent some time with He-Man: The Most Powerful Game In The Universe. It’s aside-scrolling action game…
IGF 2013 has way too many entries
The 2013 edition of the Independent Games Festival Main Competition received a record number of submissions. 589 games are in the running…
Haunts: Anatomy of a Kickstarter collapse
“I’m the new poster boy for Kickstarter cautionary tales,” says Rick Dakan, unabashedly jumping right into the reason for our interview. Dakan…