Facebook gambles on real-money gambling apps to increase revenue
Desperate to impress Wall Street, Facebook (FB) now allows users 18 and older in the United Kingdom to play games for real money, TechCrunch reported …
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Valve: Agree to not sue us or lose access to Steam
Gamers beware: Valve Software, the firm behind immensely popular gaming portal Steam, wants you to waive your right to sue before you continue gathering games …
Gaming isn’t the boys club it once was; almost half of all gamers are female
The stereotypical gamer is often thought of as a young male who possibly lives in his parents’ basement. In reality, this isn’t the case. According to …
Wikipad gaming tablet gets unmasked
VentureBeat has a scoop on the Wikipad, the new tablet being developed by a company of the same name that also doubles as a video game …
Are middle-aged women taking over the iPad?
One of the most interesting topics in the app market right now is the divergence between iPhone and iPad application markets — over the past …
Next-generation Xbox developer hardware leak may reveal Xbox 720 specs
This past weekend, a supposed Xbox 720 “Durango” developer kit was posted on an obscure developer forum and offered to the public for the price …
40-hour Diablo III binge blamed for sudden death of 18-year old gamer
An 18-year-old Chinese gamer, identified only as Chuang, died after a 40-hour Diablo III gaming binge, according to the Australian Associated Press. The teenager reserved a …
Nintendo continues to dominate portable console gaming as U.S. 3DS sales top 5 million
Nintendo announced last week that sales of its 3DS portable gaming console surpassed 5 million units in the United States, a 500,000 device increase from …
Amazing Alex, the App Store’s No.1 paid app, will hit more platforms soon
Windows and Mac users worried about not being able to play Rovio’s new hit iOS and Android game Amazing Alex can rest easy: Rovio has not …
Amazing Alex first impressions: It’s clever but it needs some bad guys
When the history of gaming is written, Rovio’s Angry Birds will to be touchscreen device games what Super Mario Bros. was to 8-bit consoles — …
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 …
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, …
