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GoldenEye 007 targeting DS

30 July 2010 |Activision confirms classic N64 shooter headed to Nintendo's handheld alongside Wii version this November, courtesy of n-Space.

ESA cuts Q2 lobbying spend by 5%

29 July 2010 |Industry trade body pours $1.1 million into Washington efforts during April-June quarter, adds attention to privacy, consumer protection.

Gameloft Q2 revs lifted by iPhone, iPad

29 July 2010 |French casual games publisher sees sales rise 15% to $44 million thanks to 113% growth on Apple's handheld devices.

Football Manager heads Online in Asia

29 July 2010 |Sports Interactive is to launch into Asia with a new MMO, the firm confirmed today.

Capcom profits drop 90%

29 July 2010 |Street Fighter house sees massive quarterly profit drop alongside small sales decline; poor Lost Planet 2 sales, strong yen and weak global economies blamed.

PS3 helps put Sony back in black

29 July 2010 |Electronics maker posts $295.2 million profit thanks in part to rising demand for console; game division revenue up 32 percent, but exchanges rates keep game unit from profitability.

3DS hitting Japan by Oct. - Report

29 July 2010 |Nintendo has confirmed that the 3DS will be available in Japan in the next three months; date and price promised on September 29.

Nintendo posts rare quarterly loss as sales sink over 25%

29 July 2010 |After nearly four years of profits, the Mario Factory posts a rare $288.3 million loss; Wii sales near 74 million, DS tops 132 million; Super Mario Galaxy 2 goes quadruple platinum.

SOCOM 4 set for 2011

29 July 2010 |Zipper Interactive confirms Move-compatible military shooter won't see release until next year.

APB developer reveals next project

29 July 2010 |Realtime Worlds teases Project MyWorld as a fusion of social media, social gaming and traditional gaming; due out in 2011.

Daily Fix Video Podcast: 7.29.10

30 July 2010 |News on 3DS's price/release, SOCOM 4 delayed, & PS3 sales are up.

Halo: Reach Rewind Theater

30 July 2010 |Erik and Ryan dissect the latest campaign trailer.

StarCraft II Cinematics

30 July 2010 |The full length versions of Blizzard's pretty pre-rendered videos.

Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore Screens

30 July 2010 |Meee-yow!

DC Universe Online: Geeking Out

30 July 2010 |Some IGN comic nerds daydream about what they're going to do in Superman's backyard.

DC Universe Online: Geeking Out

30 July 2010 |Some IGN comic nerds daydream about what they're going to do in Superman's backyard.

StarCraft II Cinematics

30 July 2010 |The full length versions of Blizzard's pretty pre-rendered videos.

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Vid

30 July 2010 |See what the Big Apple thinks of the new racer.

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Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Vid

30 July 2010 |See what the Big Apple thinks of the new racer.

Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band: The Interview

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Guitar Hero vs. Rock Band: The Interview

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Castelvania Puzzle: Encore of the Night Review

30 July 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> For us hardcore gamers -- who are wont to hold Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in almost legendary ...

Castelvania Puzzle: Encore of the Night Review

30 July 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> For us hardcore gamers -- who are wont to hold Castlevania: Symphony of the Night in almost legendary ...

Wii Party Returns to #1 on Japanese Software Charts

30 July 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> The Wii, PSP and Nintendo DS have dominated the charts for another week in Japan. Nintendo's Wii Party ...

Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World is an HD NES Brawler

30 July 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> A friend of mine introduced me to the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels four or five years ago, way before ...

Force Unleashed Producer Haden Blackman Resigns from LucasArts

30 July 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Star Wars: The Force Unleashed executive producer and and writer Haden Blackman has resigned from ...

Worms Reloaded Launching August 26

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Capcom Records Massive Drop in Profits

30 July 2010 | <!--Begin feature--> <!-- for syndication --> Following Nintendo's disappointing financial results, Capcom have also reported "sluggish" results, ...

Text Adventure Documentary Get Lamp Now Available on DVD

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NBA Jam Facebook Contest

15 May 2010 |Immortalize your latest one-liner in arcade basketball history.

Left 4 Dead 2: Realism Versus Here to Stay

8 May 2010 |Thousands of frag happy gamers vote to make experimental Mutation an official part of the L4D2 multiplayer scene.

Gears of War 3

14 April 2010 |Epic Games confirms the inevitable. Better ready the chainsaw.

Red Dead Redemption

18 March 2010 |New video details life in the Wild West.

Fan Backlash

15 March 2010 |Mess with someone's favorite game franchise, and you'll get more than the horns.

Your Shape Has its Eye on You

15 March 2010 |Ubisoft's new exercise game comes bundled with a camera that not only tracks your movements, but also allows you to put exercise equipment into your routine.

Mass Effect 2: Meet Samara

15 March 2010 |She's blue, kicks butt and has no interest in materialistic possessions. Sounds like our kind of alien.

Guild Wars 2 Video

15 March 2010 |New trailer showcases five races, different characters and locations from ArenaNet's ambitious sequel.

Mass Effect 2: The Engineer

15 March 2010 |Unleash combat drones and hack your enemies with Mass Effect 2's nerdy Engineer class.

MW2 MP Broken?

15 March 2010 |Xbox 360 version plagued by cheaters and 18 person deathmatches. What's Infinity Ward doing about this? Based on our experiences this week...nothing.

ESA Lobbying Down 8% To $1.1M In Q2

30 July 2010 |The Entertainment Software Association, a major U.S. video game industry trade organization, spent $1.1 million to lobby on behalf of game publishers and developers in the second quarter of this year, a slight drop from the ...

Top iPad Game Apps: 99-Cent Gameloft Titles Head Sales Rankings

30 July 2010 |[Sister site FingerGaming rounds up the week's most popular paid and free iPad gaming applications on the App Store as of today, with Gameloft taking the lead with steep price drops for Shrek Kart HD, Iron Man 2 HD, and Brothers in ...

Maryland Declares September 21 ‘Civilization V Day’

30 July 2010 |The state of Maryland has officially recognized local developer Firaxis' Sid Meier's Civilization V by naming the day of its release after the game itself. As dictated by a gubernatorial proclamation, September 21, 2010 will be ...

Zynga, Softbank Establish Joint Venture In Japan

30 July 2010 |Farmville developer Zynga has teamed up with telecommunications/media corporation Softbank to create Zynga Japan, a joint venture focusing on social games and the local mobile market. Along with announcing the Tokyo-based joint ...

City-Building Sims, Pirates Ahoy Charge Into Fastest-Growing Facebook Games

30 July 2010 |[Every other week, we'll examine the fastest growing Facebook games (according to monthly active users), looking at which titles and developers are having the most success attracting new players on the social network.] Though Lyore ...

Frozen Codebase Confirms Metalocalypse Game Axed

30 July 2010 |There will be no video game based on the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse -- at least not the one that was under development by Green Bay, WI-based developer Frozen Codebase. "Yeah, it's not going on any longer," studio ...

Aion Lead Producer: To Charge, Or Not To Charge?

30 July 2010 |For game makers, deciding whether to charge for certain content in online games can be a tricky balance between fostering player loyalty and making some quick revenue. To charge or not to charge is something that the Aion team at ...

Emergent Signs Licensing Deal With Chinese Internet Portal Tencent

30 July 2010 |Emergent Game Technologies, the company behind the multiplatform Gamebryo and Gamebryo LightSpeed engines, announced today a multi-SKU licensing deal with Tencent, a Chinese provider for Internet and mobile value-added services. ...

Realtime Worlds Announces Social Platform Project: MyWorld

30 July 2010 |Realtime Worlds, developer of APB and the original Crackdown, has announced Project: MyWorld, a PC platform that combines social media with a virtual representation of the real world. More of a social platform than a game, Project: ...

App Store Growth Drives 15 Percent Rise In Gameloft Revenues

30 July 2010 |Paris, France-based mobile game publisher Gameloft on Thursday reported a rise in fiscal Q2 revenue, thanks to rapid smartphone adoption, increased market share in traditional Java and Brew phones and a 113 percent jump in sales on ...

News: UK retailer Chipsworld goes into liquidation

30 July 2010 | UK retailer Chipsworld has gone into liquidation, with the closure of 12 stores and loss of 29 jobs. However, franchise stores - of which there are 13 - and the ...

News: GameStop Germany launches download store

30 July 2010 | Retailer GameStop has launched its own digital distribution service, known as Direct Play, in Germany. Thanks to a partnership with the French download platform ...

News: Report: XBLA earned $46m in 2010 so far

29 July 2010 | Xbox Live Arcade earnings since the start of 2010 total $46.1 million, according to estimates by Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE). While, like its ...

News: Capcom profits tank 90%

29 July 2010 | Capcom's profits for the June quarter were down a massive 90 per cent, from ¥2.2 billion ($25.3 million) to ¥213 million ($2.4 million), due to poor console games sales including those of Lost Planet 2. ...

News: SPIL partners with VZ Network

29 July 2010 | Online publisher SPIL GAMES has announced a partnership with VZ Network – meaning it can bring its titles to Germany's biggest social networking service. While ...

News: Sports Interactive developing dedicated Asian football title

29 July 2010 | Sports Interactive is teaming with Korean portal KTH to develop a football management game specifically tailored for the South East Asian market, Football Manager Online ...

News: 3DS date, cost unveiled in September

29 July 2010 | Nintendo has confirmed to Bloomberg Japan that it will finally reveal pricing and availability details for its upcoming 3DS handheld on September 29. While the device ...

News: Realtime Worlds goes social with Project: MyWorld

29 July 2010 | Realtime Worlds has shown off its latest project, ambitiously labelled as a cross between Google Earth and a Nintendo game. Project: MyWorld aims to combine social ...

News: Realtime Worlds goes social with Project: MyWorld

29 July 2010 | Realtime Worlds has shown off its latest project, ambitiously labelled as a cross between Google Earth and a Nintendo game. Project: MyWorld aims to combine social ...

News: Google recruits social studios?

29 July 2010 | Google CEO Eric Schmidt has fanned the flames of reports that the search giant is planning a game-focused rival to Facebook. Rumours abound that a social networking ...

A Kinder Gentler FCC

30 July 2010 |Haley Van Dyck is a 24-year-old with a big job at the Federal Communications Commission: finding new ways to communicate better using technology. Serving as director of citizen engagement for the FCC’s "new-media" ...

A Kinder Gentler FCC

30 July 2010 |Haley Van Dyck is a 24-year-old with a big job at the Federal Communications Commission: finding new ways to communicate better using technology. Serving as director of citizen engagement for the FCC’s "new-media" ...

Baltimore Schools to Leverage More Game-Based Learning

30 July 2010 |Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS), in conjunction with Learning Port Strategies, is gearing up to roll out a new learning tool for students, one that will combine “serious game technology with training.”Dubbed ...

ESA Lobbying Efforts Down in Q2

30 July 2010 |The Entertainment Software Association spent $1.1 million during the second quarter of 2010 lobbying politicians on a number of issues including regulation of video game content, First Amendment protection, parental control ...

ESA Lobbying Efforts Down in Q2

30 July 2010 |The Entertainment Software Association spent $1.1 million during the second quarter of 2010 lobbying politicians on a number of issues including regulation of video game content, First Amendment protection, parental control ...

Vietnam Comes Down Hard on Online Games

30 July 2010 |The government of Vietnam has implemented a few (previously alluded to) measures restricting online games as it bides time in order to formulate an overall master plan for dealing with the industry.Minister of Information and ...

School Hopes Game Will Nurse Students through Tough Subject

30 July 2010 |A school in Norway is turning its sights to a computer game for assistance in teaching nursing students how to excel at a tedious, and sometimes difficult to master task, that has no room for error.As it stands now, University of ...

Seven People Hold the Keys to the Internet, Literally

30 July 2010 |In the event a cyber attack cripples the World Wide Web, seven members of a “chain of trust” have been given the responsibility of restarting the Internet, with each individual armed with a key.The key holders include ...

Chinese MMO Creator Buys into TV & Film Businesses

30 July 2010 |Beijing-based Perfect World Co. Ltd., an online game operator and developer with titles such as Legend of Martial Arts, Perfect World, Chi Bi and Hot Dance Party, has made investments into two fellow Chinese media companies.Perfect ...

Chinese MMO Creator Buys into TV & Film Businesses

30 July 2010 |Beijing-based Perfect World Co. Ltd., an online game operator and developer with titles such as Legend of Martial Arts, Perfect World, Chi Bi and Hot Dance Party, has made investments into two fellow Chinese media companies.Perfect ...

Metroid: Other M’s cutscenes compiled into two-hour movie in ‘theater mode’

30 July 2010 | Do you feel like living through a full-fledged Metroid experience, but can't be bothered to do all that item-hunting? No, you couldn't care less about those stray E-Tanks and absent missile expansions -- you care about the deep, ...

Ron Gilbert digs iPhone, hopes DeathSpank inspires other devs

30 July 2010 | GamerBytes has a nice long interview with DeathSpank creator Ron Gilbert, and while he waxes philosophical on all sorts of stuff found in the excellent XBLA hack-'n-slash title, he says he's not sure what he plans to do next. But ...

SimCity torn down, available now as SimCity Deluxe on iPhone

30 July 2010 | SimCity Deluxe, the replacement for regular SimCity on iPhone/iPod Touch (which is now missing from the App Store), is ready for mobile mayors who divert $6.99 of their household budget to the app. According to EA, the new ...

SimCity torn down, available now as SimCity Deluxe on iPhone

30 July 2010 | SimCity Deluxe, the replacement for regular SimCity on iPhone/iPod Touch (which is now missing from the App Store), is ready for mobile mayors who divert $6.99 of their household budget to the app. According to EA, the new ...

HAWX 2 recruits your friends for multiplayer dogfights

30 July 2010 | The competitive multiplayer of the first Tom Clancy's HAWX game was limited to a single deathmatch-type experience. In Tom Clancy's HAWX 2: HAWX HARDER, there will be a full-on multiplayer mode in addition to the four-player co-op ...

HAWX 2 recruits your friends for multiplayer dogfights

30 July 2010 | The competitive multiplayer of the first Tom Clancy's HAWX game was limited to a single deathmatch-type experience. In Tom Clancy's HAWX 2: HAWX HARDER, there will be a full-on multiplayer mode in addition to the four-player co-op ...

Preview: DC Universe Online ‘Play as Iconic’ arena battle mode

30 July 2010 | We've seen DC Universe Online several times now over the course of its development, and it's failed to much impress us. Still, the game continues to generate interest, if only because Sony Online Entertainment is bringing it to ...

Worms Reloaded tunneling ‘exclusively’ to PC on August 26

30 July 2010 | Lordy! Another Worms game already? That seems to be the case, as UK dev house Team17 just revealed a solid release date for Worms Reloaded -- August 26 -- and even handed over a rather wormey trailer, found just after the ...

Transformers: War for Cybertron offers double XP this weekend

30 July 2010 | Transformers: War for Cybertron developer High Moon Studios is offering two distinct ways to accrue extra experience through the game this weekend. The first is by doubling all XP players earn in the game's multiplayer component ...

Lucha Libre: AAA Heroes del Ring wrestler roster revealed

30 July 2010 | Oh, man. We'll be the first to admit that we know less than nothing about the apparently radical world of professional Mexican wrestling, but after reading the recently revealed list of of fighters in Lucha Libre: AAA Heroes del ...

Australia’s Best Indie Games Of The Year Are…

30 July 2010 |At next month’s Freeplay event in Melbourne the cream of Australia’s indie game design crop will be up for a whole bunch of awards. Here’s who is in the running. (more…)

Why Madden’s ‘Strategy Pad’ Doesn’t Feel Right To Some

30 July 2010 | It’s easy to make fun of an ergonomic assessment of Madden NFL 11′s new “strategy pad” control, but this video from GoMadden does present a reasonable accounting of why there are many hardcore fans who ...

New Space Marine Unit Found In StarCraft II

30 July 2010 | Kotakuite Harejordna was exploring the Zero Hour level in StarCraft II when he stumbled across a decidedly different sort of Space Marine. Find out how to spot this elusive creature before his portable toilet blasts off. Spoilers ...

US Dragon Quest IX Events Let You Play Tag With A Friend

30 July 2010 |Is your Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies experience a little lonely? Mine was. For those in the United States who are looking for an adventurous friend (and a few exclusive downloadable treasure maps), Nintendo brings ...

Hydro Thunder Hurricane Review: I’m On A Boat, It’s Going Fast

30 July 2010 |It’s a summer ritual: Insert coin, stomp on the accelerator and hold on for dear life. A reboot of the much loved arcade original and Dreamcast speedboat racer, Hydro Thunder Hurricane brings that template to Xbox ...

A Sneak Peek At Kane & Lynch In Comic Book Form

30 July 2010 |With interior art by Chris Mitten, covers by Ben Templesmith and a story Ian Edginton, Wildstorm’s Kane & Lynch comic book series could do a better job at capturing the duo’s manic action than the video games do. ...

Can You Guess The Game Based On Its Wildly Different Box Art?

30 July 2010 |What game is this? It’s a shooter. It’s a Wii game. It’s a sequel. And the previous game’s box art doesn’t look anything like this. (more…)

All You Need To Know About Warriors Of Rock’s Quest Mode

30 July 2010 | Technically all you need to know about the Quest Mode in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock is that Gene Simmons from Kiss is in it, but some additional information on the Warriors and their powers doesn’t hurt. (more…)

As A Gamer, This Is What I Most Fear

30 July 2010 |I play a lot of video games. But someday, will I be just like Andrew Leonard, a man whose life no longer has room for the leading medium of 30-hour masterpieces? That is what I fear. (more…)

The Wii Party Party Won’t Stop For Japan

30 July 2010 |After taking a breather from dominating Japan’s sales charts, Nintendo’s Wii Party continues to party hard at the top of the list. Wii Party could be a great game, so why shouldn’t it sell really well? (more…)

Edge Games Index

30 July 2010 |<!--paging_filter-->Toy Story 3 climbs to the top of the charts, while Dragon Quest IX debuts at ninth. Toy Story 3 has climbed four places to top the charts in its second week, while Modern Warfare 2 has slipped two to ...

Edge Games Index

30 July 2010 |<!--paging_filter-->Toy Story 3 climbs to the top of the charts, while Dragon Quest IX debuts at ninth. Toy Story 3 has climbed four places to top the charts in its second week, while Modern Warfare 2 has slipped two to ...

Wii Party Back On Top In Japan

30 July 2010 |Wii Party returned to the top of the Japanese software chart during the week ended July 25. Nintendo’s mini-game compilation sold 99,000 copies in its third week on sale, topping the 72,000 sales achieved by the week’s ...

Wii Party Back On Top In Japan

30 July 2010 |Wii Party returned to the top of the Japanese software chart during the week ended July 25. Nintendo’s mini-game compilation sold 99,000 copies in its third week on sale, topping the 72,000 sales achieved by the week’s ...

Chips Goes Into Liquidation

30 July 2010 |Chipsworld ltd has gone into liquidation, closing 12 company-owned stores and laying off 29 staff this week. However, the retailer’s website and 13 franchised outlets will remain operational, the company told MCV. read more

Chips Goes Into Liquidation

30 July 2010 |Chipsworld ltd has gone into liquidation, closing 12 company-owned stores and laying off 29 staff this week. However, the retailer’s website and 13 franchised outlets will remain operational, the company told MCV. read more

Realtime Worlds Unveils Project: MyWorld

30 July 2010 |<!--paging_filter-->APB developer reveals project which combines social media and traditional 3D gaming . Realtime Worlds, the developer behind Crackdown and APB, has unveiled its latest project. Project: MyWorld combines ...

Realtime Worlds Unveils Project: MyWorld

30 July 2010 |<!--paging_filter-->APB developer reveals project which combines social media and traditional 3D gaming . Realtime Worlds, the developer behind Crackdown and APB, has unveiled its latest project. Project: MyWorld combines ...

Gameloft Q2 Sales Rise 15%

29 July 2010 |Gameloft has reported sales of €33.6 million ($44m / £28.1m) for the second quarter of 2010, up 15 per cent year-over-year. Europe and North America both represented 34 per cent of the French publisher’s sales ...

Gameloft Q2 Sales Rise 15%

29 July 2010 |Gameloft has reported sales of €33.6 million ($44m / £28.1m) for the second quarter of 2010, up 15 per cent year-over-year. Europe and North America both represented 34 per cent of the French publisher’s sales ...

Gaming’s Greatest Debate - Halo vs. CoD [pic]

30 July 2010 |Will Call of Duty and Halo fans ever settle their differences? We tracked down the two biggest fanboys from each opposing side to duke it out.

Story Is More Important Than Gameplay in Video Games

30 July 2010 |Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory, has gone on record saying that, in his opinion, story is more important than gameplay, and "if you get it right, both story and gameplay can be elevated".

Story Is More Important Than Gameplay in Video Games

30 July 2010 |Tameem Antoniades, co-founder of Ninja Theory, has gone on record saying that, in his opinion, story is more important than gameplay, and "if you get it right, both story and gameplay can be elevated".

Pro Counter-Strike Player Dead in Tragic Car Accident

30 July 2010 |A car accident claimed the life of professional German Counter-Strike 1.6 player Antonio "cyx" Daniloski yesterday. According to a statement released by his team, Mousesports, 19-year-old Daniloski was on his way home from the ...

Pro Counter-Strike Player Dead in Tragic Car Accident

30 July 2010 |A car accident claimed the life of professional German Counter-Strike 1.6 player Antonio "cyx" Daniloski yesterday. According to a statement released by his team, Mousesports, 19-year-old Daniloski was on his way home from the ...

Lego StarCraft Animation

30 July 2010 |This Lego stop-motion video by Alex Kobbs captures so many classic moments from StarCraft that I don't know which is my favorite...

Lego StarCraft Animation

30 July 2010 |This Lego stop-motion video by Alex Kobbs captures so many classic moments from StarCraft that I don't know which is my favorite...

Ghost Recon Alpha

29 July 2010 |The live action Ghost Recon Future Soldier short movie was officially announced this weekend at Comic-Con 2010. Titled Ghost Recon Alpha, the movie is to be ...

Ghost Recon Alpha

29 July 2010 |The live action Ghost Recon Future Soldier short movie was officially announced this weekend at Comic-Con 2010. Titled Ghost Recon Alpha, the movie is to be ...

Sony and Their Perpetual Hole

29 July 2010 |Sony has had a bit of a hard time this generation, but despite being last in the console race Sony keeps digging themselves into a bigger and bigger hole.

Sometimes It’s OK To Steal My Games

30 July 2010 |spidweb writes "One Indie developer has written a nuanced article on a how software piracy affects him, approaching the issue from the opposite direction. He lists the ways in which the widespread piracy of PC games helps him. From ...

Thermoelectrics Could Let You Feel the Heat In Games

30 July 2010 |myshadows writes "Tech Review has an interesting article on how Tokyo Metropolitan University researchers have been able to give a sensory addition to gaming peripherals — namely, temperature. 'As the range of interactions ...

Valve Apologizes For 12,000 Erroneous Anti-Cheating Bans

29 July 2010 |Earlier this week, there were reports that large numbers of Modern Warfare 2 players on Steam were getting erroneously banned by Valve's Anti-Cheat software. While such claims are usually best taken with a grain of salt, the ...

UK Courts Rule Nintendo DS R4 Cards Illegal

29 July 2010 |CheShACat writes "A UK high court ruled today that R4 cards for the Nintendo DS are illegal, finding two vendors guilty of selling 'game copiers.' The ruling by Justice Floyd is quoted as saying, 'The economic effect on Nintendo of ...

DefCon Ninja Badges Let Hackers Do Battle

29 July 2010 |eecue writes "The folks at DefCon, the world's largest hacker convention [previously on Slashdot], have been making awesome badges for years. Last year along with the convention badge, a group of hackers known as the Ninjas created ...

DefCon Ninja Badges Let Hackers Do Battle

29 July 2010 |eecue writes "The folks at DefCon, the world's largest hacker convention [previously on Slashdot], have been making awesome badges for years. Last year along with the convention badge, a group of hackers known as the Ninjas created ...

Our Video Game Heritage Is Rotting Away

29 July 2010 |eldavojohn writes "There's been a movement to preserve virtual worlds but MIT's Tech Review paints a dire picture of our video game memories rotting away in the attic of history. From the article: 'Entire libraries face extinction ...

Our Video Game Heritage Is Rotting Away

29 July 2010 |eldavojohn writes "There's been a movement to preserve virtual worlds but MIT's Tech Review paints a dire picture of our video game memories rotting away in the attic of history. From the article: 'Entire libraries face extinction ...

Too Much Multiplayer In Today’s Games?

27 July 2010 |hornedrat writes "Gamepro discusses the idea that modern games put too much emphasis on multiplayer, and that players aren't as concerned about it as developers think. 'The current environment encourages developers to unnecessarily ...

Electronic Arts, THQ Look To Microtransactions

27 July 2010 |An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Forbes: "Electronic Arts, one of the world's largest games publishers, on Monday partnered with microtransactions platform Live Gamer to bolster its online game efforts. ... THQ ...