Angry Birds generated $106 million for Rovio in 2011
Rovio on Monday announced the company’s financial results for 2011. The mobile game developer generated $106.3 million in sales based on the success of its Angry …
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Sega launches a new video game powered by… urine [video]
Sega exited the video game console business in 2001 after stiff competition from Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo forced the struggling company to shift gears. Now, …
Next Xbox may already be in production
A Texas electronics company has allegedly begun production on Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox gaming console, according to a report from IGN. Production of the Xbox 720 …
Microsoft launches $99 Xbox 360 bundle
As previously rumored, Microsoft is now offering a subsidized 4GB Xbox 360 gaming console and Kinect for $99 with a monthly subscription option. The bundle …
Draw Something begins to lose its appeal
OMGPOP launched Draw Something on February 6th and within seven weeks, the game soared to 35 million users while serving almost 1 billion ad impressions …
Microsoft may be readying a subscription-based $99 Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle
Microsoft is reportedly planning to launch a subsidized Xbox 360 and Kinect bundle with a monthly subscription option, according to The Verge. The software giant may …
Call of Duty: Black Ops II trailer released [video]
Activision on Tuesday announced the next entry in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, a sequel to one of the …
Angry Birds trip to space tops 50 million downloads
Rovio on Monday announced that the company’s latest Angry Birds installment, Angry Birds Space, has been downloaded a whopping 50 million times in 35 days, …
Crytek exec: It would be ‘absolutely awesome’ if next-gen consoles blocked used games
The rumor mill has gone back and forth a number of times regarding whether or not next-generation video game consoles from Microsoft and Sony will …
Crysis 3 gameplay trailer released [video]
Electronic Arts and Crytek last week announced the highly anticipated next installment of the Crysis franchise, Crysis 3, alongside a 19-second teaser trailer. On Tuesday, …
NVIDIA’s mobile GPUs to surpass Xbox 360 performance by 2014
NVIDIA sees its mobile system-on-a-chip graphics solutions surpassing the performance of the Xbox 360 in the coming years. A new graph the company shared with …
Crysis 3 teaser shows off stunning graphics, brief gameplay [video]
Electronic Arts and Crytek announced the highly anticipated next installment of the Crysis franchise earlier this week, and the companies have now released the first …
Developer earns over $1,000 per day with a Windows Phone game
While Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform may not be as big as Apple and Google’s offerings, it is still possible for app developers to find success …
Microsoft announces Halo 4, coming this November
Microsoft on Wednesday announced the return of Master Chief and the Halo franchise with the release of “Halo 4” on November 6th. The franchise was …
CryENGINE 3 gives us a glimpse at the future of gaming [video]
Devices like Apple’s iPad have shown the world that huge advances have been made in mobile gaming over the past few years. Featuring the Apple …
Microsoft reportedly plans to bring Kinect to Windows Phone 8
Microsoft’s motion- and voice-based Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs is coming to Windows Phone 8, VR-Zone reported this week. The software …
Microsoft says Xbox hacking claims are ‘unlikely’
A report emerged last week from a security researcher claiming Microsoft’s Xbox lacked important security features that might protect owners who sell used consoles from …
Sony says PlayStation 4 will launch ahead of next Xbox, report claims
Sony is aiming to launch its next-generation PlayStation video game console ahead of rival Microsoft, a recent report claims. Microsoft’s next Xbox console — which …
Apple reportedly working on a video game controller for iOS devices
The mobile gaming space is shifting from the dominant casual titles such as Angry Birds to hardcore games such as Shadowgun and Grand Theft Auto III. …
Next PlayStation code-named Orbis, reportedly won’t play PS3 or used games
The next generation PlayStation has reportedly been code-named “Orbis,” and it will feature an anti-used game system and offer no backward compatibility with PlayStation 3 …
Xbox Live update delivers Comcast’s VOD service, HBO Go and MLB.TV
Microsoft has begun to roll out an update for its Xbox Live service that includes new on-demand content from Comcast, along with apps from HBO …
ARM-based Xbox ‘lite’ coming in 2013, Xbox 360 successor later, insider claims
Microsoft had intended to unveil its next-generation Xbox console during the annual E3 conference this year according to a BGR source, but it now looks …
Angry Birds Space now available for $0.99 [video]
Rovio on Thursday released Angry Birds Space for iOS and Android devices, as well as OS X and Windows PCs. In the fourth major Birds …
Rockstar Games and OnLive release ‘L.A. Noire’ for Android tablets
OnLive on Monday announced that it has added a redesigned version of Rockstar Games’s award-winning “L.A. Noire” to its cloud-based video game streaming service. The …
Zynga buys ‘Draw Something’ creator OMGPOP
Zynga on Wednesday announced that it has acquired app developer OMGPOP for $180 million, plus another $30 million in employee-retention payments, AllThingsD reported. The company …
Blizzard ‘looking into’ bringing World of Warcraft to iOS
The world’s most subscribed-to MMORPG may be coming soon to a mobile device near you. World of Warcraft’s senior producer John Lagrave sat down with …
Microsoft patent suggests eyewear integration for Xbox, Windows Phone
A new Microsoft patent published recently by the United States Patent and Trademark Office revealed that the company is working on two types of headsets …
Microsoft: No new Xbox hardware this year
Microsoft has confirmed that the successor to the Xbox 360 will not be announced at the 2012 Electronic Entertainment Expo. “While we appreciate all the …
New Sonic game showcases Xbox, Windows Phone integration [video]
Microsoft first discussed its “three screens and a cloud” gaming strategy in 2009, describing a scenario that could carry a single video game across a …
Video game publishers need to embrace different pricing models to survive, Nexon CEO says
Nexon, the free-to-play gaming developer behind the hit game MapleStory, sees the traditional publishing model fading away. As game consoles become more advanced, video game …
