Rovio has more monthly active users than Twitter
Rovio announced today it hit 263 million monthly active users in December 2012. This happened precisely three years after the first Angry Birds game debuted …
Gaming
A sense of dread shrouds Nintendo’s Wii U
The latest Wii U sales numbers are out from Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom — and unease is deepening. In Japan, Famitsu …
Video game retail sales continued to slide in December, down 22% from 2011
The PC industry isn’t the only one that had a rough time over the holiday quarter. Per VentureBeat, the latest data from the NPD Group …
Don’t count gaming consoles out in 2013
Gaming consoles had a rough year in 2012 as sales reached 34 million units, a 24.4% decline from 2011. Research firm IDC believes that sales will …
Nintendo president describes Wii U sales as ‘not bad’
Nintendo’s (NTDOY) new Wii U gaming console came out of the gate strong and saw first-week sales reach 400,000 units in the U.S., however sales …
Chinese father pushes son to kick gaming addiction by hiring virtual assassins to kill his MMO character
It’s practically a cliché at this point: An angry father gets fed up with his lazy son playing video games all day instead of looking for …
2013’s first hot Kickstarter project: An Android-based gaming ‘console-on-a-stick’
We didn’t have to wait very long to discover what 2013’s first big Kickstarter project would be. Via Ars Technica, we give you the GameStick, …
Android-powered Ouya console now shipping to 1,200 developers [video]
The Ouya console is no longer vaporware. The company announced on its blog on Friday that 1,200 Ouya console developer kits are boxed up and ready …
Five-year-old finds porn on refurbished Nintendo 3DS from GameStop
Five-year-old Brandon Giles must have been excited to receive a Nintendo 3DS for Christmas — at least, he was until he turned it on. According to …
iPad is a Christmas graveyard for ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and ‘Modern Combat’
At the beginning of December, the traditional video game industry attempted another iPad invasion. New versions of “Grand Theft Auto,” “Modern Combat” and “Baldur’s Gate” …
Just got a new iPhone, iPad or Android device for Christmas? Gameloft cuts popular iOS and Android games to 99¢
Smartphones and tablets running Apple’s (AAPL) iOS platform and Google’s (GOOG) Android OS are big this year — so big that traditional toy makers are …
North Korea’s first video game: A boring version of ‘Crazy Taxi’ that nitpicks your bad driving
In theory, a driving game set in North Korea could be fun — it could revolve around delivering kidnapped movie stars from the airport to …
Nintendo’s amazing triumph in Japan may doom the company internationally
According to Japanese gaming bible Famitsu, Nintendo (NTDOY) 3DS sold 333,000 units in the week ending December 16, while Sony’s (SNE) PS Vita limped along …
Wii U finally gets Nintendo’s TVii service on December 20th
After a month-long delay, Nintendo (NTDOY) will launch its Nintendo TVii service for the Wii U on December 20th in the U.S. and Canada. Nintendo TVii is the company’s …
Xbox SmartGlass updated with second-screen ESPN and NBA Game Time app experiences
Little by little, Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox SmartGlass app is becoming more useful. Microsoft Director of Programming for Xbox LIVE Larry “Major Nelson” Hyrb announced on Monday the release of the Sports Picks …
Sony’s PlayStation 4 could lose to the next Xbox before it’s even released
I love all game consoles equally. My Xbox 360 is used equally as much as my PlayStation 3. The Wii — oh, I’ll just leave it …
Microsoft caves under heavy criticism, will allow mature-rated games in Windows Store
It was revealed prior to the release of Windows 8 in October that Microsoft (MSFT) would not sell or support any game with a Mature …
Microsoft plots living room domination with 43 new entertainment apps for Xbox 360
Game consoles are no longer simply for video games, as evidenced by last week’s announcement that the PlayStation 3 is the top Netflix (NFLX) streaming device of the …
Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 might not launch until 2014
Nintendo (NTDOY) says its kickstarted the next generation of video game consoles with the Wii U. But considering its graphics and processing power are comparable to Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox 360 and Sony’s (SNE) PlayStation …
The Wii U uses less than half the power of the Xbox 360 and the PS3
Nintendo’s (NTDOY) Wii prided itself for being a super energy-efficient console that ran nearly silent and sipped very little electricity. And although Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox 360 was originally …
Free games fight off console kings in iPad crossover invasion
Last week marked a bit of a milestone in the rapidly evolving iPad app market. The industry witnessed perhaps the most intense onslaught of high-quality, …
New Sony online store offers remote downloads to PlayStation and mobile devices
Continuing its efforts to make buying digital content for PlayStation consoles easier, Sony’s (SNE) quietly flipped the switch on for its Sony Entertainment Network Store. The new Web …
New Halo game in works as franchise sales break 50 million
Always bet on Master Chief and his Halo games – always. 343 Industries, the developer of Halo 4 revealed to CVG that the franchise has sold over 50 …
Minecraft sells almost 4.5 million copies on Xbox 360 as other indie games continue to struggle
Big-budget games such as Halo 4 and Call of Duty: Black Ops II might brag about how they rule the Xbox 360 in terms of sales, but indie …
Call of Duty: Black Ops II crushes records as sales hit $1 billion in 15 days
Who says the first-person shooter genre is getting stale? Activision (ATVI) announced on Wednesday another milestone for its recently released Call of Duty: Black Ops II game. …
Steam’s Big Picture mode now available for silver screen gamers
Valve on Monday announced the public release of the company’s Big Picture mode for its Steam software delivery platform. The new mode supports a traditional …
Windows 8 speeds to fourth-most used OS among PC gamers according to Steam survey
So much for the resistance from PC gamers. Steam’s latest hardware survey reveals Microsoft’s (MSFT) radically redesigned Windows 8 is now the fastest growing operating system …
Sony’s radical PlayStation 4 controller concept: A motion-control device you can split in half
While Nintendo (NTDOY) has been busy innovating with unique controllers on the Wii and Wii U, Sony’s (SNE) DualShock controller for its PlayStation, PlayStation 2 and …
Is Facebook planning to develop its own games? Revised Zynga terms open the door
As Zynga (ZNGA) continues its free fall into irrelevancy with layoffs and its one-hit social games, the gaming company has revised its contract with Facebook (FB) to free …
Microsoft updates Android Xbox SmartGlass app for 7-inch tablets
While Nintendo (NTDOY) has chosen to create second-screen experiences with the new Wii U GamePad, Microsoft’s (MSFT) strategy for the Xbox 360 involves bringing your own …
