Is the video game industry in crisis?

Is the video game industry in crisis?
Stuff.co.nz (blog)
Is the video game industry in crisis? Last updated 14:35 29/06/2012. 12. moneybagblog If you've been browsing the internet today to get your daily gaming fix, you've no doubt read about Activision reducing the size of Prototype developer Radical ...

Stuff.co.nz (blog)

Samsung Series 7 Gamer
PC Magazine
The Samsung Series 7 Gamer delivers on most fronts, making for a powerful gaming laptop that's equipped with some great features. Its minor shortcomings are tempered by its reasonable price tag.

Iran's new video game: Verdict on Salman Rushdie
CNET
Those demons must, in turn, be featured in video games. America, indeed, switches demons all the time, allowing video game creators to help you shoot Russians one week and then lock and load in some difficult Arab nation the next. It seems that Iran ...

Quinn Pitcock: NFL teams fear video-game addiction
NFL News
Quinn Pitcock is trying to get back to the NFL after suffering from a video-game addiction. He thinks teams might have ... "The only way I could get my endorphins was by playing video games," Pitcock said, keeping the routine up for months. "I would ...

Video Game Review: Gravity Rush
New York Daily News
There is something intoxicating about playing through Gravity Rush for the PS Vita.

New York Daily News

Australian Mom Steals Over 500 Video Games
Forbes
It is interesting to note that she specifically stole video games from these places almost exclusively. Video game stores now are really glorified pawn shops, and bringing in a new title will get you anywhere from $30 to $40, no questions asked. That ...

Forbes

Video Game Quick Hits – 6/29/12
Big Shiny Robot!
Friday, June 29th, 2012 at 6:38 am Category: News, PlayStation 3, Video Games ....Apparently there are pages and pages of content, but most of it just hype, like “Halo 4 will be a huge blockbuster game this holiday that every gamer should play.” A few...

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Opinion: Video games and Male Gaze - are we men or boys?
Gamasutra
Video games and Male Gaze. Recently I did an interview, an excerpt of which you can find here, with Hitman Absolution director Tore Blystad. If you haven't been keeping up with the franchise, a recent trailer for the game got the internet up in arms ...

London 2012 - The Official Video Game Review
Videogamer.com
London 2012 is pretty good for an Olympics brand extension video game. As unfair as it sounds to qualify any compliment I may be about to bestow on SEGA's officially licensed tie-in for the London Olympics, the game's subgenre is a yardstick all ...

Beware Diablo 3's RMAH, Gamer Loses $149 To Auction House Bug
Cinema Blend
Movie news · Movie opinions · Movie reviews · Upcoming movies · Trailers · Podcast · Hollywood gossip · Video games · Hollywood movie discussion ...Beware Diablo 3's RMAH, Gamer Loses $149 To Auction House Bug. Author: William Usher. published: ...
 
Cinema Blend

Video Game High School: Autosaving for the Final battle
Houston Press (blog)
Sometimes Video Game High School suffers from an identity crisis. Conversations I've had with producer Matthew Arnold ... It's a low-key existence where he caters to a gamer crowd interested only in a good time. There's none of the desperate need to ...

Salman Rushdie 'Targeted' In Iranian Video Game Intended To Carry Out Virtual ...
International Business Times
More than two decades after Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Khomeini sentenced renowned author Salman Rushdie to death over "blasphemy" in his book, "Satanic Verses," a video game has been developed by a government-sponsored Iranian student ...

International Business Times

London 2012 video game lands ahead of Olympic Games
T3
With the countdown to the London 2012 nearing its grand finale, the official London 2012 video game tie-in has been released by Sega.

T3

Ubisoft drops The Expendables 2 Video Game on XBLA, PSN and PC
Joystiq
The Expendables 2 Video Game will debut on PSN, Xbox Live Arcade and PC this summer as a four-player co-op shooter, both local and online. The Expendables 2 Video Game is a prequel, covering events leading up to the opening of the film.

The Family That Built A Video Game Together
Kotaku
The Family That Built A Video Game Together Set adrift like a modern day Swiss Family Robinson, Jason and Nicole Stark left the Australian games industry on a mission together. They took their four children, they packed their bags and set sail to Noosa ...

London 2012: The Official Video Game Of The Olympic Games – Review
The Independent
Athletics isn't really a sport that transfers well to the videogame sphere. Unless you're using Kinect's full body sensor, the inputs you're making are never going to accurately reflect the action on screen. That's why the button mashing of Konami's ...

New THE WALKING DEAD Video Game Episode Has Hit
HolyFragger
Episode 2, "Starved for Help", for THE WALKING DEAD video game is now available for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. Learn more about the new episode and check out the launch trailer!

HolyFragger

Average Gamer 6.29.2012: Summer of Gaming Part Two
411mania.com
Welcome back to the Average Gamer. This summer I feel busier than I was last year and last year was the wedding, honeymoon, moving, etc. This summer at least is fun things to do for the most part. As I type this, it is 101 degrees outside and has tied ...

Virtual Fatwas and Death Sentences: The Crazy Politics of Video Games in Iran
Slate Magazine (blog)
These are the side effects of the Iranian video game industry's rapid growth—something that Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei himself has apparently pushed for. "We developed around 140 games with Islamic and Iranian contents which can compete with ...

Slate Magazine (blog)

Wii U Online Service to be Free
Examiner.com
Video Game Examiner. + Subscribe · Nintendo had their annual shareholders meeting today and discussed the future of the 3DS and the online service of the Wii U. Among other topics, these were the two that seemed most important to the users. First thing ...

The Expendables 2 video game explodes onto XBLA and PSN this summer
GameZone
The Expendables 2 video game explodes onto XBLA and PSN this summer. The Expendables 2 is set to become a video game - because if there is any movie that deserves a video game tie-in, it's...

GameZone

NODE Studios; The New Name in Video Game Entertainment
Opposing Views
Taking today's hottest tracks and blending them with some of the best scenes from popular video games, VG Medley is Node Studios' take on music videos for gamers. In the premiere episode, Bass Union takes scenes from Rockstar's Max Payne 3 and mixes ...

Opposing Views

Google Nexus Q hacked to load video games
BGR
Google Nexus Q hacked to load video games. By: Dan Graziano | Jun 28th, 2012 at 11:40PM. Comments. Filed Under: Accessories · Nexus Q Video Game Hack · Google unveiled the Nexus Q streaming device at its annual Google I/O developer conference ...

First Online Viral Video Game Show Seeks Contestants with Exploding Melons ...
Seattle Post Intelligencer
First Online Viral Video Game Show Seeks Contestants with Exploding Melons and Jaw-Dropping Magic Tricks Stunt Buxx, the First Online Viral Media Game Show, released details today of their inaugural July 1st Canada Day and Fourth of July ...

Nintendo's latest hire is Disney video game exec
SlashGear
Nintendo has added a new member to its team, a man who held a leading position at Disney's video game department. ... Nintendo thrived when video games were all about popping in a cartridge and getting immersed into a solitary experience. It blew away ...

SlashGear

Best Mom Ever Steals Over 500 Video Games for Her Children
Kotaku
When authorities searched the home of Rebecca Margaret Johnson following her attempted theft of nearly $2500 AUD from a Big W department store in Queensland, Australia, they discovered a treasure trove of stolen video games. Over the course of a year ...

ACMI's Game Masters exhibition honours the pioneers of video game culture
ABC Online (blog)
Game culture is a familiar subject for Bodman who was the original curator for the 2002 landmark exhibition Game On - the definitive history of video games at London's Barbican Art Gallery. While Game On charted the history of video games, Game Masters ...

ABC Online (blog)
Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 Preview - Video Games Blogger
By Ferry
It's always a ton of bricks, uh I mean a ton of fun, to play a new Lego video game! ^_^. Ferry's Links · Assassin's Creed 3: Desmond Becomes The Ultimate Assassin · Diablo 3 Walkthrough · Game of Thrones ... Latest Video Games News ...
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20 thoughts on “Most Gamers Prefer Physical Copies Of Video Games”
By sickr
According to NPD Group's Online Gaming 2012 report, one-third of consumers who bought video games during the past couple of months prefer to buy digital games than getting physical copies. This, of course, means that two-thirds of ...
My Nintendo News

Video Games: You Can Look but Don't You Touch! - Memebase ...
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Video Games: You Can Look but Don't You Touch! x. Share. internet memes - Video Games: You Can Look but Don't You Touch! Get Over Here and Play a Video Game · Incorrect source or offensive? category:the ...
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[Video] Game On! by Jeremy Johnson — Big Design Events
By Dave Curlee
... On” Jeremy Johnson will take you on a tour of gaming trends – which includes everyone's favorite gaming buzz words: gamification, gameful, game layer, gamestorming, game mechanics, gameplay, game theory and good old video games.
Big Design Events

inclusive_geeks: GLBT History in Video Games: Full Set of Articles
By Crystal
Uh, so my friend had posted on here the first article of my feature on the history of GLBT characters in video games. I got a lot of really helpful comments but didn't want to spam this group every time an article got written, so now that it's done, ...
Inclusive Geeks

Video Game Nightmare: There Are Some Cases Even the BEST ...
By Mike Mintz
I am a gamer. It started back in 1981 with Pong on our television. From there I progressed to Atari and arcade games. Life changed dramatically in 1986 with the purchase of my first Nintendo gaming system. My days and nights were filled with Super Mario Brothers, Legend of Zelda and Contra – good thing I was only 10-years old and had the time to spare. Fast forward twenty-five ... Admin Fee?. Tagged as: funny lawyer ads, funny lawyer commercials, video games· Cancel reply ...
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Speak Out: Your Favorite Old School Video Game - Wrentham, MA ...
By Dan Libon
Speak Out: Your Favorite Old School Video Game. With the 40th anniversary of ... With this historic moment in entertainment, we at Patch want to know about your memories of playing Atari and old school video games. Did you own your local ...
Wrentham Patch

Skyrim Logic - Video Games - Memes, Captions, and Funny Videos
By Cheezburger Network
video game memes - Skyrim Logic. ... Video Games - memes, game lols, captions,. I Can Has Cheezburger? FAIL Blog · Memebase · The Daily What · Know Your Meme · LOLmart · All Sites » · Memebase · Demotivate · Photobombs · Graphs ...
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10 Envy-inducing Video Game Bathrooms - Mental Floss
The stereotype of the serious video gamer living in his parent's basement,... Many have grown ...
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Video Games Re-Imagined As Traditional Japanese Prints
Video Games Re-Imagined As Traditional Japanese Prints. The guys behind Ukiyo-e Heroes create images of your favorite Nintendo characters in the style of ...
www.buzzfeed.com/.../video-games-re-imagined-as-traditional...

Video Game Reunion Clips, and Extras! | GameTrailers
Find the latest about the Video Game Reunion show. Episodes, extended cuts, trailers and more are avialable at GameTrailers.com.
www.gametrailers.com/shows/video-game-reunion

Two-thirds of gamers got new video games in the last three months

Two-thirds of gamers got new video games in the last three months
VentureBeat
Video game sales at retail stores have been sinking this year. But 67 percent of all gamers have reported buying at least one game in either a physical or digital form in the past three months, according to market research NPD Group.

VentureBeat 

Groundbreaking Video Game Design Lab Will Research And Develop Video ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ASPEN, Colo., June 28, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- A new video game design lab will research and develop compelling video games that engage students in innovative ways and provide data on students' comprehension of the core skills deemed ...

Video game review: Killing machines go haywire in 'Spec Ops'
San Angelo Standard Times
Video game review: Killing machines go haywire in 'Spec Ops'. LOU KESTEN, Associated Press; Posted June 28, 2012 at 7:22 a.m.. Discuss; Print; A; A; A. Share this on Facebook · Tweet this · Email this to a friend. Military video games are generally so ...

VIDEO GAMES: Launch Trailer For THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN MOBILE
Comic Book Movie
Gameloft's latest video game based up Marvel Comics' upcoming film The Amazing Spider-Man is now available on Google Play and the Apple AppStore for $6.99 and in my opinion it is well worth every penny. The Amazing Spider-Man is a full open-world ...

Video-game review: 'Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor' misfires in every way
Kansas City Star
Years ago, I reviewed "Steel Battalion" for the original Xbox, a game that came with a huge, table-sized 40-plus button controller and two navigation sticks. At that point, I said it was a little too over-complicated for its own good, but those who ...

Why Video Game Characters Say Such Ridiculous Things
Kotaku
If you've played a video game, you've probably heard a bark. And not just in ... I got in touch with some video game writers to better get a sense of how they approach this challenge, and what happens when things go off the rails. ***. "It can't be ...

Salman Rushdie Video Game: Iran Turns Fatwa Against Author Into A Toy With A ...
Huffington Post
For 23 years, even beyond the grave, Ayatollah Khomeini has ordered Iranians to kill the novelist Salman Rushdie, with no success. At this week's International Computer Games Expo in Tehran, a 21st century sort of correction seemed imminent.

Hindu follower blasts new video game by Hi-Rez
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
A Nevada-based Hindu devotee has launched a personal crusade against an Alpharetta online video game developer over its newest battleground offering, which.

Average tablet gamer spent $62 on games in 2011
Los Angeles Times
In addition, 46% of all video game time this year was spent on a mobile device, with gaming on consoles trailing at 18% of time spent playing. The ISG survey, incidentally, was sponsored by PopCap Games, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. Natch ...

Five Video Games That Will Help You Survive Summ...
Phoenix New Times (blog)
Summer's a bad time for video games. Christmas is too far away for any major releases, and ...their souls or return them back to their original little girl-state. The ethical binary affords a little replay along with a fun test of the player's ethics ...

EXPENDABLES 2 Video Game Announcement, Box Art & Screenshots
The Daily BLAM
Based on the second installment in Lionsgate and Millennium Films' phenomenal film franchise, the ultimate elite mercenary shooter is coming this summer to PlayStation®Network, Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment ...

Iran Announces the Salman Rushdie Fatwa Video Game
TIME
Novelist Salman Rushdie has so far escaped the decades-old call for his death in the real world, but in the video game universe he may not be so lucky. This week the government-sponsored Iranian Islamic Association of Students announced that a Salman ...

TIME

Wimbledon 2012: Andy Murray reckons video games can help him topple big ...
Scottish Daily Record
ANDY MURRAY hopes lightning-fast reactions honed playing video games will enable him to repel the fastest serve in tennis and book a third round place at SW19 today.

The Amazing Spider-Man (the game) review
Digitaltrends.com
The very first thing you should know going into this game: someone — maybe it was Sony Pictures, maybe it was Activision, maybe it was both — made the baffling decision to release The Amazing Spider-Man the video game a week before The Amazing ...

Digitaltrends.com

Employees Working From Home Watch TV, Play Video Games, Survey Finds
Huffington Post
Those hoping to gain the privilege of working from home might do well to hope their management doesn't see the findings of a new survey about the habits of those working remotely. Citrix, a company that makes products that enable employees to work ...

First Online Viral Video Game Show Seeks Contestants with Exploding Melons ...
Virtual-Strategy Magazine
Stunt Buxx, the First Online Viral Media Game Show, released details today of their inaugural July 1st Canada Day and Fourth of July Independence Day Stunt Challenges. | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to ...

Police: Another video gamer victim of 'swatting'
MyNorthwest.com
Another Western Washington kid has been the victim of a 'swatting' hoax through an online video game service. This time, a 13-year-old in Rainier was the target. - Seattle News at MyNorthwest.com.

A gamer's wild pitch
Boulder Weekly
But now he's also infamous as a gamer of the corporate welfare system, causing great pain to the taxpayers of Rhode Island. After baseball, Schilling set up a fantasy video-game company in Massachusetts, but moved it to Rhode Island in 2010 after ...

The Five Most Controversial Video Game Health Care Plans
Gamenguide
Health care plans matter, especially in video games.

Gamenguide

Activision Partners With Disney To Create Wreck-It Ralph Video Game
Trefis
Video gaming giant Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ:ATVI) has announced a partnership with Disney (NYSE:DIS) to produce and distribute Wreck-It Ralph video game exclusively for Nintendo consoles -- DS, 3DS and Wii. ... While a gradual decline in casual and ...

Google enters the tablet fray with Nexus 7
Examiner.com
Google wants the Nexus 7 to be the gamer's tablet. It features an ... The father of two beautiful children, Chris is an avid gamer who likes to read, play video games and have the occasional conversation about politics and current events. Contact Chris ...

Amazing Spider-Man review round-up: With great power comes a decent game?
Computerandvideogames.com
Nothing is broken or painful to play, and there's still an intrinsic fun to being a video game Spider-Man - but this is too much like what we've played before, only with less going for it than games like Web of Shadows or Ultimate Spider-Man. If you ...

Salman Rushdie fatwa granted new life in Iran video game
GlobalPost (blog)
Salman Rushdie fatwa granted new life in Iran video game. Ayatollah Khomeini's infamous death sentence levied against Salman Rushdie may be carried out by Iranian gamers in the digital world.

Watch Germany vs Italy Live Stream Online FREE UEFA Euro Video Games ...
Brockville Recorder and Times
Watch Germany vs Italy Live Stream Online FREE UEFA Euro Video Games HDQ TV Link. Tonya Parriswgsk. By Tonya Parriswgsk. Thursday, June 28, 2012 3:06:05 EDT PM. Tweet · Bookmark and Share. Change text size for the story. Print. Report an error...

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Video game plot manifested by UT professor
FWWeekly
In one of the documentary-style trailers for the upcoming video game Call of Duty: Black Ops II, military experts foretell disaster when terrorists hackers remotely commandeer thousands of U.S. drones. Now, the plot lines of war-based video games...

FWWeekly

rank the best video games of all time
Herald Sun
FROM the moment a white blip first slid across a screen between two slightly larger white blipsvideo games have been a part of life. ... Video game developer Tim Schafer talks us through ACMI's Game Masters exhibition. And reporter Nathan Mawby gets ...

Ubisoft Announces The Expendables 2 Video Game - News - www ...
By Josh Straub
GoldvsSilver commented on PaperCamm's post about re: ChaCha Sucks At Video Games. outlaw4728 commented on Josh ... The Expendables 2 Video Game is coming to the XBLA, PSN, and PC download. The game will tell the story ...
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10 Awesome Video Game Bathrooms
By Jill Harness
10 Awesome Video Game Bathrooms. By Jill Harness in Entertainment, Gaming, Home & Garden, Living on Jun 28, ... Email This Post · Tweet This Post · Share This Post on Facebook. Tags: bathrooms, design, gaming, home, video games ...
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The Video Game Roger Ebert Loved | Kotaku Australia
By Chris Person
Ever since he typed the words “Games are not art”, Roger Ebert has been vilified by the video game community. But here's something y...
Kotaku Australia

'Fatwa' video game enables players to shoot Salman Rushdie ...
By paddy
June 28, 2012. Catholic Church News Image of 'Fatwa' video game enables players to shoot Salman Rushdie. Last year, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia opined in a majority decision that video games are as much a protected art form ...
ucanews.com

Downloadable Content In Video Games Is Getting Out Of Control ...
By Viral Viral Videos
Downloadable Content In Video Games Is Getting Out Of Control. Jun 282012. Share VVV. Tweet. It used to be when you purchased a video game cartridge, that was it. ... Tagged with: cgi, dlc, Funny, Nerd, special effects, Video Games ...
Viral Viral Videos

The Walking Dead Video Game: Episode 2 Launch Trailer | Daily ...
By Jonathan James
Episode 2 of The Walking Dead video game is now available on Xbox LIVE and will be released for the PC and PlayStation 3 this Friday. Telltale Games has just.
Daily Dead

Video Games from the Bad Guys' Perspective | MilkandCookies
If video games were real, the bad guys would be getting the short end of the stick. facebook us:http://www.facebook.com/Fatawesome http://fatawesome.com Spiderman's Less Popular Superpower- ...
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Walking Dead, The: Episode 2: Starved for Help (Video Game ...
By Amanda Dyar
Dread Central is the premier website for breaking news, original content and active community in the world of horror, covering movies, DVDs, games, collectibles, live events and music. If it's got something to do with the dark and horrific, you'll ...
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Namco Bandai Making the Next Smash Bros ... - Front Towards Gamer
By Tony "ChaingunPope" Wilson
Front Towards Gamer is the ultimate Super Smash Bros. source with reviews, videos, trailers, screenshots, walkthroughs, previews, news, and release dates.
Front Towards Gamer

GT.TV Full Episodes, Clips, and Extras! | GameTrailers
Geoff is a Canadian video game journalist. His work spans online ... Keighley is also the executive producer of the Spike TV Video Game Awards. More. Amanda ...
www.gametrailers.com/shows/gt-tv

Salman Rushdie fatwa turned into Iranian video game - The Guardian
Salman Rushdie was the target of a notorious fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, 23 years ago. Now, the author of ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../salman-rushdie-fatwa-iranian-video-g...

Is Free-To-Play The Future Of Gaming Industry?

Epic's Tim Sweeney Says Free-To-Play Is The Future Of Gaming IndustryForbes
Will Western video game developers mimic the largely Asian business model of free-to-play games built around micro-transactions? Almost certainly says Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic. And he's not alone. Epic, the developer behind Gears of War and the Unreal ...

Forbes


Zynga Wants to Sell Its Technology, Not Just Its Games: "Today’s “Zynga Unleashed” event in San Francisco revealed moves to allow third-party game developers to use Zynga’s technology platform and a new “Zynga with Friends” brand for multiplayer social interactions that could help the game company reduce its dependency on Facebook. Oh, and the company announced some new games, too. There was no announcement, however, of the rumored real-cash gaming deal that would have brought down the house."

Video game review | 'Lego Batman 2' is fine for kids
Kansas City Star
Let's just call “Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes” what it is — a fanciful and artful epic for kids and for adults who have never played a “Lego” video game ...

Kansas City Star

Video games top tablet activities and revenue, survey says
USA TODAY
Tablets continue to emerge as growing platform for playing video games. ... The average tablet gamer downloaded more than 20 games last year, according to the ...Mike Snider began covering the video game industry during the Super ...

USA TODAY

Video Game Review: 'Spec Ops: The Line'
ABC News (blog)
With so many shooting games inundating the market, it's sometimes difficult to find a standout. Between the “Modern Warfare” and “Battlefield” series, gamers ...

ABC News (blog)

Video Game Pioneer Atari Marks 40 Years Of Gaming
Cleveland News - Fox 8
When people talk about the beginnings of the video game industry, one name ... little console that plays video games can be, or what it can do for someone's life.

Cleveland News - Fox 8

Ideas to Save Money on Video Game Addictions
Houston Chronicle (blog)
If you have a Gamer in your life, there are ways to curb spending on video games. I have offered a few ideas below. However, I am not a Gamer myself.

Houston Chronicle (blog)

6 Easy Ways to Save on Video Games
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Americans spent a total of $25.3 billion on video games last year. Because of their popularity, new video game consoles are constantly being introduced, which ...

U.S. News & World Report (blog)

Earns schedule for video game companies
KEYC TV
By The Associated Press In mid-July, companies in the video games industry will ... KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Earns schedule for video game ...

Zynga Plans to Build a Gamer's Social Network
Mobile & Apps
Zynga Chief Mobile Officer David Ko speaks during the Zynga Unleashed event at the company's headquarters in San Francisco, California June 26, 2012.

Mobile & Apps

CORRECTING and REPLACING: Games Now Top Money-Maker on ...
MarketWatch (press release)
CORRECTING and REPLACING: Games Now Top Money-Maker on Tablets and Smartphones; Average Tablet Gamer Downloaded 20+ Games Last Year, ...

Anthony Jones, Video Game Artist, Makes Noir-Style Super Mario ...
Huffington Post
Whoever said video games kill your imagination was so short sighted. Anthony Jones, an Irvine, Calif.-based video game concept artist behind the art blog ...

Wreck-it Ralph video game is coming to Nintendo systems this fall
Orlando Sentinel
OK, this has to be a first. A video game is being made out of a movie about a video game. “Wreck-It Ralph” is a future Disney animated flick set for a fall release, ...

Help us to rank the best video games of all time
Herald Sun
Video game developer Tim Schafer talks us through ACMI's Game Masters ... screen between two slightly larger white blips video games have been a part of life.

Activision Publishing's The Amazing Spider-Man™ Video Game ...
Gamasutra
SANTA MONICA, Calif., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- If your spider-senses are tinglin', it's because The Amazing Spider-Man™ video game has web-slung its ...

Video games become art as ACMI honours designers
Sydney Morning Herald
RARELY are video games considered works of art. ... our great film directors and actors, but the masters of the video game world are less well known,'' he said.

Sydney Morning Herald

Online video game denigrating Hindu deities
Times of India
US based President of Universal Society of Hinduism Rajan Zed has demanded from Alpharetta headquartered developer Hi-Rez Studios to immediately ...

VIDEO GAMES: The Amazing Spider-Man-Movie Black Suit
Comic Book Movie
VIDEO GAMES: The Amazing Spider-Man-Movie Black Suit This is the alternate costume that unlocks after completing the game 100%, its Beenox's take on the ...

Comic Book Movie

Video games have sufficient merit to be considered a form of art
K-State Collegian
In 2010, esteemed film critic Roger Ebert wrote a column titled “Video games can ... High Voltage,” “Jonah Hex,” “Gamer” and “Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.

Hindus Upset At Online Video Game Using Kali And Other Gods As ...
Eurasia Review
Hindus are upset at an online video action game SMITE being created by a Georgia (USA) developer in which the players assume the direct control of some ...

Video game critic Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw inspires laughter, fear ...
Kansas State Collegian
I thought about writing up a short piece on E3, the big video game expo that ... If you like video games and you don't know who Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw is, you ...

This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Penny Arcade to morality ...
Gamasutra
This Week In Video Game Criticism: From Penny Arcade to morality systems ... have displayed such blind devotion to the pair that the video games industry, ...

Gamasutra

The Walking Dead video game continues Friday
SlashGear
Telltale's video game adaptation of the cult hit-turned smashing success of a TV show The Walking Dead, will be getting its second episode on Friday, June 29.

SlashGear

30 new Iranian video games debuted at Tehran festival
Tehran Times
TEHRAN -- Thirty new Iranian video games have been introduced at the Tehran International Game Expo and Festival, which is currently underway at the Imam ...

NEED FOR SPEED – Playstation, Xbox 360 and Wii – VIDEO GAME ...
ringsidereport.com (blog)
NEED FOR SPEED – Playstation, Xbox 360 and Wii – VIDEO GAME NEWS ... Need for Speed is the premier racing game in the video game industry and one of ...

Volkswagen lets you Think Blue in a video game
Sports Car Illustrated
Volkswagen has launched an on-line video game that let's you try to drive as far as you can using a little fuel as possible. If your good at stretching your virtula ...

Sports Car Illustrated

Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Derrick Rose grace cover of NBA video ...
Tulsa World
Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Derrick Rose grace cover of NBA video game ... Kevin Durant and Derrick Rose are shown on the cover of an NBA video game.

Salman Rushdie fatwa becomes bizarre video game
Digitaltrends.com
How best to remind Islamic youth of a 23 year old death threat issued against an author over a blasphemous book? Apparently, the answer is to turn the very ...

Video Games As Art? New Exhibit Draws Crowds
WHNT
The Smithsonian's American Art Museum in Washington, DC is now home to the first-ever exhibit of video games in a major American museum.Visitors have so ...

WHNT

Video Games: The Amazing Spider-Man Swings to the PC in August!
Comic Book Movie
Video Games: The Amazing Spider-Man Swings to the PC in August! Find out the exact date by hitting the jump! CBMM1 - 6/26/2012 ...

Comic Book Movie

If Video Game Covers Were Honest | Cracked.com
Judging a book by its cover gets all the bad press, but judging a video game by its cover has always been a far worse idea. We asked you to show us what video games might have looked like if they were forced to be more upfront about what ...
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Salman Rushdie fatwa turned into Iranian video game | The Raw Story
By Saeed Kamali Dehghan, The Guardian
Salman Rushdie was the target of a notorious fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, 23 years ago. Now, the author of The Satanic Verses is the subject of an Iranian computer game aimed at spreading ...
The Raw Story

Rovio – casual gamer don't read any blogs or reviews, use word of ...
By Stephany Nunneley
Rovio – casual gamer don't read any blogs or reviews, use word of mouth instead. Rovio's Teemu Huuhtanen has said while coverage of casual games is important, most titles benefit the most from word of mouth and consumers don't need or ...
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Video Games: Do You Believe in Magic? - Memebase: Rage ...
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RI Hires Firm To Investigate Liability Of Curt Schilling's Video Game ...
By KC Downey
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CBS/AP) – Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee has announced the hiring of a law firm to investigate whether there is any third-party liability after the collapse of former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling's video gaming company ...
CBS Boston

Cover Story: Video Game Music Festival from 1UP.com
1UP COVER STORY | WEEK OF JUNE 25 | VIDEO GAME MUSIC FESTIVAL ... Music in video games has a way of becoming the very first thing that comes to mind ... This is the reason magazines like Retro Gamer, for example, are so popular.
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Environmental Station Alpha Is Everything We Like About Classic ...
What ever happened to simple, fun video games? Well, here's one that ...What more do you ...
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IOW Lana Del Rey - Video Games - Live @ Isle of Wight festival 2012 HQ. HollywoodRocket1 ...
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Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut - Too Little, Far Too Late

Mass Effect 3's Extended Cut - Too Little, Far Too Late
Forbes
It's Christmas morning for Mass Effect fans around the world, and all the good little boys and girls are waking up to see whether they have a lovely new toy or a dirty lump of coal in their stockings. The Mass Effect 3 ending controversy has been one ...

Forbes

Thatgamecompany brings PS3 collection to retail
TG Daily
A trio of downloadable PS3 titles will be making their way to retail stores for the first time. The small development studio known as thatgamecompany has pioneered a vision of redefining what a "video game" is. Its creations like Flow and Flower ...

TG Daily 

Vizio's Co-Star: $99 Google TV box with OnLive gaming support
Ars Technica
by Andrew Cunningham - Jun 26, 2012 3:32 pm UTC Vizio, a company best known for its inexpensive HDTVs, is looking to expand into another new market: it has just announced the Co-Star, a Google TV set-top box that will begin selling in July for $99.99.

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Punch Quest for iOS is serious about punching | Joystiq
By Richard Mitchell
There's a reason autorun action games are very popular on mobile devices, in that they require minimal input and still deliver an exciting experience. Some games merely ask players to jump, others employ gadgets like jetpacks. Meanwhile ...
Joystiq 

Video game review: Spec Ops: The Line
New York Daily News
War is no video game. ... Think “Act of Valor,” the video game. ... that games today never ask you to do, enough to make the weak-stomached gamer look away.

New York Daily News

'Spec Ops: The Line' video game journeys to heart of madness
USA TODAY
That's because when it comes to actually playing video games North, who is ... the physical basis -- for Uncharted's Nathan Drake, just isn't much of a gamer ...

USA TODAY

Activision Publishing's The Amazing Spider-Man(TM) Video Game ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The Amazing Spider-Man video game is available on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 computer ...

Gaikai streams video games the way Netflix streams movies [Los ...
Businessweek
June 26--When Mike Bemiss was looking for a new video game to buy, he hopped on a site operated by Gaikai Inc. and clicked on.

Video Game Quick Hits 6/26/12
Big Shiny Robot!
Video Game Quick Hits 6/26/12. Tuesday, June 26th, 2012 at 7:12 am Category: News, PlayStation 3, Video Games. Remember all the uproar back in March ...

Big Shiny Robot!

The Daily Start-Up: Get Ready for Video-Game Medical Treatments
Wall Street Journal (blog)
The Daily Start-Up: Get Ready for Video-Game Medical Treatments ... to prescribe a new kind of therapy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: video games.

Wall Street Journal (blog)

Video Game Review: 'DiRT Showdown' Is Not Your Usual Racing ...
The Ledger
Even if you don't care for auto racing, it's hard to turn away from a spectacular crash.

Back to current stars for NBA video game _ Durant, Rose, Griffin
Washington Post
NEW YORK — Three of the NBA's bright, young stars — Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose — will grace the cover of “NBA 2K13,” the latest edition in a ...

Activision Publishing's The Amazing Spider-Man™ Video Game ...
Sacramento Bee
PRNewswire/ -- If your spider-senses are tinglin', it's because The Amazing Spider-Man™ video game has web-slung its way onto retail store shelves today in ...

Video Games Are Getting Too Easy Says Gears of War Creator
RipTen
The video game industry has seen plenty of ups and downs during it's 30-plus ... Once thought to be a niche hobby for children, video games have become a ... the end credits roll at the end of it, were some of my defining moments as a gamer.

Amazing Spider-Man Video Game Now Available
HolyFragger
Activision and Marvel's latest Spider-Man video game brings free-roaming web-slinging back to New York City plus official launch trailer released.

HolyFragger

London 2012: Gameplay Review and Features for Olympics Video ...
Bleacher Report
With that, let's take a closer look at London 2012, the official video game of the London ... image from video gamer.com ... image from London 2012 video game ...

Bleacher Report

Gamer's Domain: Developer News + Nostalgia
Ames247
The past few days have had some interesting announcements that really struck home with me, particularly because of the nostalgia they brought back. The first ...

Ames247

The Chat Room: Video Games as Sex Ed
Mobiledia
A new study shows Chinese minors are regularly exposed to pornographic images when they playvideo games, while Stephen Colbert continues his war with ...

Wreck-It Ralph Video Game Headed to Nintendo Systems
WebProNews
However, when the video game is based on a movie that is based on video games, then you have to wonder whether the tie-in game could be fun.

Kids And Video Games: Beneficial or Mind-Sucking Babysitter?
Houston Press (blog)
I have been a gamer my whole life, having first grasped the stick of an Atari ... Surely by encouraging motion during video game play it would set a child on a ...

Durant, Griffin and Rose to grace cover of video game
NBA.com
The trio were selected Tuesday, a year after Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, and Larry Bird were put on the cover of the game as the league and current players ...

Activision Making Video Game Version Of Disney's 'Wreck-It Ralph'
Geeks of Doom
But rarely do we see a video game based on a movie about video games. Disney and Activision Publishing have announced that a video game based on ...

Geeks of Doom

VIDEO GAMES: THE WALKING DEAD Episode 2 Release Date ...
Comic Book Movie
VIDEO GAMES: THE WALKING DEAD Episode 2 Release Date Revealed! Remember back in April when you downloaded The Walking Dead Episode 1?

Comic Book Movie

Science Says: 'Active' Video Games Do Not Magically Turn Junior ...
Forbes
... children and video-game consoles, children who were given "active" games, ... They found “no evidence that children receiving the active video games were ...

Video Game Deal: Max Payne 3
Geeks of Doom
News • Features • Reviews • Podcasts • Contests • Contact Us • About Us. Video GameDeal: Max Payne 3. Empress Eve, Posted by Empress Eve | June 26th, ...

Geeks of Doom

Indie Video Games Become Blockbusters
TechNewsDaily
Indie Video Games Become Blockbusters. Robert Workman ... When you turn on a video game, it's usually a multi-million dollar production. War simulator ...

5 Ways Video Games Can Improve Their Openings
The Smoking Section
5 Ways Video Games Can Improve Their Openings. 06.26.12 Written by Dan Seitz. “You never get a second chance to make a first impression.” Like many ...

The Smoking Section

Protecting Children From Violent Online Video Games
Law.com
The resolution's definition of a video game is software that can be distributed to the ...A California state statute that regulated the violence in video games was ...

Law.com

NBA 2K13 Cover: Derrick Rose, Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin Grace ...
SB Nation (blog)
Particularly for today's breed of player, video games have always been omnipresent.... Rose play basketball next season is through the goddamn video game.

SB Nation (blog)

Salman Rushdie fatwa turned into Iranian video game
The Guardian
Salman Rushdie was the target of a notorious fatwa issued by Ayatollah Khomeini, the founder of the Islamic republic of Iran, 23 years ago. Now, the author of ...

The Guardian

Personal Experience: Why It's Better Renting Sports Video Games ...
Yahoo! Sports
Sports: New sports video games available for the latest consoles are not ... This is how renting a sports video game is a big advantage to find these things out.

Diablo III tops list of video game sales
gulfnews.com
US retail sales of video-game hardware, software and accessories fell for a sixth ... Sales of console and portable software — the video games themselves — fell ...

Today's old car junk is tomorrow's video game controller | Joystiq
By David Hinkle
Well, here's an idea: turn that lazy junk into working video game hardware. Jason Torchinsky did just that, using an old power seat controller from an Oldsmobile to play some Ms. Pac-Man. You can check out the whole how-to over on Jalopnik ...
Joystiq

Microsoft has no plans to follow up Surface tablet ... - Pocket Gamer
Probably telling porkies. Click to read the full 'Microsoft has no plans to follow up Surface tablet with own-branded smartphone' news article. For more Microsoft news and Windows Phone news, visitPocketGamer.co.uk.
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Video Games: That Sounds Just as Annoying, to be Honest ...
By Cheezburger Network
internet memes - Video Games: That Sounds Just as Annoying, to be Honest. ... Video Games: That Sounds Just as Annoying, to be Honest. Get Over Here and Play a Video Game · Incorrect source or offensive? category:the internetsgamer ...
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VIDEO GAMES: Marvel Unveils New THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ...
VIDEO GAMES: Marvel Unveils New THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Villain, "Nattie". The Amazing Spider-Man goes on sale in the US tomorrow, but Marvel has now unveiled one more villain who will be featured in the video game and it's a ...
Comic Book Movie

New Video Game Releases Week 26, 2012 - Video Games Blogger
By Ferry
Video Game Xbox 360 controller powering on New Video Game ... Here's the list of this week's video game releases. The biggest of ... What video games will you be playing this week? Any of these? ....Gamer Habit 12: “Just One More Minute!” ...
Video Game Walkthroughs, Video...

Wreck-it Ralph video game to launch » Kidscreen
By Jeremy Dickson
Activision Publishing and Disney Interactive have partnered to produce and distribute a Wreck-it Ralphvideo game for Nintendo systems based on the upcoming feature film of the same name from Walt Disney Animation Studios. ... His journey through the arcade ends up spanning every generation ofvideo games. The new Wreck-it Ralph game sees Ralph partner with Fix-It Felix, the hero of the game, to save their friends and home from an invasion of Cy-Bugs. Tags: Activision ...
Kidscreen

Miss Cellania: 10 Envy-inducing Video Game Bathrooms
By Miss Cellania
10 Envy-inducing Video Game Bathrooms. The stereotype of the serious video gamer living in his parent's basement, sitting in the dark covered in Cheeto dust only covers a small portion of gamers. Many have grown up with video games and ...
Miss Cellania

MTV Style | Video Game Nail Art: No Cheat Codes Required
By Chrissy Mahlmeister
The best video game nail art for your tips! ... GUITAR HERO. Video Game Nail Art. Photo: Via The Nailasaurus. Oh, you thought this was only about old video games? Think again! The Nailasaurus did some KILLER outlined tips that match up ...
MTV Style

Guess That Gamer (JUN)... - subsaint Blog - www.GameInformer.com
By Saint
Half way through the year and it's time for another episode of the (somewhat) popular Guess ThatGamer series. Last month's episode ... Are video games too violent? I say let the marketplace decide. For me, nope. (Solid philosophy...I do think there are a few who skirt the edge for no real reason.) 7. What is your default difficulty you play at (easiest, hardest or somewhere in the middle) ... Time magazine's Video Game Man of the Year - Commander Shepard or Nathan Drake? Drake is ...
subsaint Blog

My Top 5: Tiffany Smith's Video Games | The Smashbox Yello! Blog
By Kathryn Wahl
Beautiful, charasmatic, and nerdy?! It's true, someone this cool exists! Oxygen, G4, and Qore host Tiffany Smith talks to us about her life as a gamer.
The Smashbox Yello! Blog

Chinese youth learning about sex through video games - GameZone
Chinese youth learning about sex through video games. The China Youth Internet Association and ...Video game news, video game reviews, walkthroughs, video game mods, and game trailers. Gamezone Facebook Page · Gamezone Twitter ...
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Violence in video games
The popularity of video games amongst children has grown and continues to grow each year. In fact, nowadays one would be hard pressed to find a household with children that doesn't own at least onevideo game system. More and more ...
Law Teacher

The Best And Worst Video Game-To-Movie Adaptions - Business ...
This will be another of many attempts to convert a video game with a strong ... Using IMDBpro and Box Office Mojo, we've taken a look at 14 video games ...
www.businessinsider.com/video-game-film-adaptations-ranke...

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