Rovio and the ‘Amazing Alex’ gamble
At 12:00 p.m. EST, “Amazing Alex” hit the No.1 iPhone paid app position in America; eight hours is possibly the fastest move to No.1 ever …
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The BGR Show: Episode Six – Nintendo’s Wii U and Leap Motion
This week on The BGR Show we spend some time checking out (more like playing, for hours) Nintendo’s upcoming Wii U console including the much-hyped …
Tired of flinging birds at pigs, Rovio launches Amazing Alex for iOS and Android [video]
Rovio wants its fans to know that it’s more than a one-trick birdie. The pride of Finnish mobile gaming on Thursday finally released Amazing Alex …
Amazon announces Apple-like GameCircle for Kindle Fire [video]
Amazon on Wednesday announced a new social gaming service called GameCircle for its Kindle Fire tablet. The app, which features gaming achievements and leaderboards, is …
Rovio teases Angry Birds Trilogy for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Nintendo 3DS
The idea of flinging two-dimensional birds at towers full of pigs likely won’t appeal to hardcore console gamers, but more casual Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 …
$99 Android-powered gaming console looks to shake things up [video] [updated]
As users begin to eye alternatives to traditional gaming consoles such as their smartphones and tablets, one industry executive is looking to bring gaming back …
Rovio reportedly working on Angry Birds sequel, ‘Angry Pigs’
Rovio is working on a game that will be a must-have for anyone who’s ever felt sorry for crushing digital green pigs with rocks and …
New slimmer PlayStation 3 in the works, FCC docs suggest
EuroGamer on Thursday pointed out some documents from the Federal Communications Commission’s website showing diagrams of what may be the long-rumored “super-slim” rendition of the PlayStation …
Developer hacks Raspberry Pi to play Super Nintendo games
A small, ugly computer playing old, primitive video games normally wouldn’t be news. But most small, ugly computers aren’t nearly as cool as the Raspberry …
‘Xbox 8’ tipped as name of next-gen Microsoft gaming console
Microsoft’s next-generation gaming console may be called “Xbox 8,” or perhaps Xbox Infinity, according to a recent report. The software giant recently secured a slew of …
Sony acquires cloud gaming service Gaikai for $380 million
Sony Computer Entertainment, Sony's gaming arm, announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire California-based cloud gaming firm Gaikai Inc. for $380 million. Sony …
Infinity Blade for iOS tops console titles as most profitable Epic Games franchise ever
On Wednesday during the Game Developers Conference in Taipei, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney revealed that the company’s iOS franchise Infinity Blade is more profitable than even …
Nintendo announces $199 3DS XL, available August 19th
Nintendo on Thursday announced the Nintendo 3DS XL. The device, which features a 90% larger viewing area than the original 3DS, will cost $199.99 and …
Leaked Xbox 720 pricing and details likely real
Purported details surrounding Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox video game and home entertainment console emerged earlier this week when a 56-page document leaked onto the Web. The supposed …
Beating the odds: How Remedy hit 10M downloads and made a $40 in-game purchase work
Beneath Disney, Zynga and Rovio toil dozens of smaller mobile game developers, developing revenue growth strategies without the benefit of massive media coverage. Remedy’s “Death …
Leaked document sheds light on next-generation Xbox, Kinect 2
Even though Microsoft confirmed that we wouldn’t see it, some fans were still disappointed the company didn’t reveal details regarding its next-generation Xbox gaming console …
Game makers already pulling titles from Google+
Google recently announced that it would add a gaming element to its Google+ social network. Again following in Facebook’s footsteps, the move was seen as a …
Next-gen Xbox, PlayStation capabilities tipped by new games at E3 [video]
Microsoft and Sony did not debut their next-generation gaming consoles at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles last week, but two publishers teased upcoming …
Tablets and smartphones are turning handheld gaming devices into a niche
A new study from ABI Research found that Sony and Nintendo are struggling against the rise of smartphones and tablets in gaming. The two companies …
Epic shows off Unreal Engine 4 [video]
Some of the most popular games of all time have been built using Epic Games’s Unreal gaming engine. The latest version of the Unreal engine, …
Angry Birds Space tops 100 million downloads in 76 days
Rovio’s latest Angry Birds game continues to beat expectations and smash records. The company previously revealed that its Angry Birds Space game had been downloaded …
Halo 4 to follow 'TV season' schedule with free daily missions
The next version of Microsoft’s best-selling Xbox shooter, Halo, will reportedly follow a TV season structure with free daily mission episodes, according to The Guardian. …
Playstation Suite renamed to PlayStation Mobile, HTC jumps on board
Sony on Tuesday at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles announced that its PlayStation Suite for mobile devices will be renamed to PlayStation Mobile. …
OnLive cloud-based gaming to be pre-loaded on LG's Google TV
OnLive on Tuesday during the E3 conference in Los Angeles demonstrated its cloud-based gaming service on LG’s G2 Google TV sets. The company announced OnLive …
Microsoft expanding $99 Xbox program to Best Buy, GameStop
$99 Xbox 360 consoles just got a little bit easier to find. Xbox Live programming director Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb said on Tuesday that Microsoft …
Nintendo Wii U will launch ahead of the holidays
Nintendo announced during its E3 press conference on Tuesday that its next-generation Wii U video game console will launch ahead of the holidays this year. …
Nyko and NVIDIA partner to offer Tegra 3 optimized game controllers
Nyko and NVIDIA on Monday announced a new partnership in which the two companies will offer a new line of Android gaming controllers to support …
Nintendo's Wii U GamePad aims to make gaming more social
Rightly or wrongly, gaming has always been viewed as a solitary activity, but Nintendo wants to make sure that Wii gamers never again have to …
Microsoft unveils SmartGlass, Xbox Music and new Kinect features
Microsoft on Monday revealed that its Xbox 360 gaming console is now the world’s top selling console, beating out the Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii, …
CryEngine 3 demo reel shows off enhanced physics [video]
Crytek has consistently raised the bar in high-quality graphics with its popular Crysis franchise and CryENGINE gaming engine. CryENGINE 3, the company’s latest offering, allows …
