Nintendo

3DS StreetPass Groups Forming To Play Together Outside

Street Pass is the new, always-on wireless connection for the Nintendo 3DS through which multiplayer gaming is possible. The idea is, a couple of perfect strangers, both with 3DSes, will be buzzed when they’re near each other, inviting them to connect. A 3DS StreetPass group is forming, a week before the device’s release, to take the happenstance out of such encounters.


March 13, 2011
News

Resistance, Ratchet & Clank Creators Push Into Facebook With Insomniac Click

Insomniac Games, the makers of the Resistance and Ratchet and Clank series, will push into mobile and Web-based games development with a new division – Insomniac Click – that the studio unveiled on Saturday.


February 19, 2011
In Real Life

Are Video Games Turning Liberals Into Virtual Conservatives?

Monica Potts a feminist graduate of an all-girls college that would never take her husband’s name or dream of ending her career to raise children. In the Sims 3 she’s a married mother that stays home with the kids.


February 3, 2011
News

These Facebook Games Are Bigger Than You Think

If you’ve ever felt like comparing how much money a “traditional” video game makes as opposed to how much a Facebook game makes, check out this chart. It makes for interesting/depressing reading.


November 28, 2010
News

FarmVille Maker Settles Trade Secret Lawsuit With Disney

Zynga, makers of Farm- Frontier- and all things -ville on Facebook, slapped Disney with a lawsuit after it acquired social games competitor Playdom and, Zynga alleges, hired off ex-Zynga workers to learn its “secret sauce.” The matter is now settled.


November 16, 2010
News

Blitz Through Time With Back To The Future

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You have one minute to reach 88 miles per hour before being trapped forever at the bottom of the leaderboards in Telltale Games’ Back to the Future: Blitz Through Time, now available on Facebook.


November 3, 2010
News

Knights Of The Crystals Is Final Fantasy For Facebook

Square Enix takes the winning formula from Zynga’s Mafia Wars and applies it to Final Fantasy to create Knights of the Crystals. Will you party up, or spend some quality time breeding chocobos in Chocobo’s Crystal Tower?


October 15, 2010
In Real Life

Mafia Wars Offers President Obama Masks In Time For Halloween

Fresh off cameos in NBA Jam and NBA 2K11, President Obama and his two predecessors are appearing in Mafia Wars. As novelty masks, anyway. A bank heist weekend offers the chance to get them, and a badass machine gun.


October 14, 2010
News

Ousted Tampa Bay Rays Can Get Back To We Farm Now

Yesterday, the Tampa Bay Rays succumbed to the Texas Rangers in the playoffs. We’re not blaming iPad Farmville clone “We Farm”, but David Price, who made a costly fielding misjudgment in that game, is a big fan of the game.


September 25, 2010
News

Press ‘A’ To Win ManStruggle

To triumph over their friends in Grab’s new Facebook game ManStruggle, players need to bring their “A” key.