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  • Trio of racing games offers fun, variety Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 5:33PMArcade-style racing games like these three don’t have the level of technical sophistication a simulation like “Forza” or “Gran Turismo” would have. But they do offer a ton of high-speed fun.
  • 'Limbo' is heaven to play Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 4:29PMWhile everyone is busy talking about how 3-D is going to revolutionize gaming, a little 2-D game is setting the summer on fire. Limbo - Games - Video Games - Dimension - Recreation
  • 'Limbo' is heaven to play Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 3:59PMWhile everyone is busy talking about how 3-D is going to revolutionize gaming, a little 2-D game is lighting the summer on fire. Limbo - Games - Video Games - Dimension - Recreation
  • Gameloft: Second Quarter Sales of EUR33.6 Million, up 15% Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 12:02PMGameloft achieved consolidated sales of EUR33.6 million during the second quarter of 2010, up by 15% from the previous year. Europe and North America both represented 34% of the company's sales during the quarter while the rest of the world accounted for the remaining 32%.
  • Starcraft II Singleplayer Impressions [StarCraft] Wednesday, July 28, 2010 @ 10:39AM# starcraft While we toil away on an actual Starcraft II review - which I won't be writing - let's pass the time with some quick, dirty singleplayer impressions. Which I will be writing. More »
  • Shippin' Out July 25-31: Starcraft II Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 9:12PMFirst part of Blizzard's long awaited, trifurcated real-time strategy sequel finally arrives alongside BlazBlue: Continuum Shift, Clash of the Titans.
  • Review: Blur Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:34PMLet’s start with the bottom line, yes, Blur is Mario Kart dressed in more adult clothing, but this fact makes it no less enjoyable. Blur is a guilt-free joy-ride full of real-world cars, in real-world environments racing in surreal events.
  • American McGee Revisits Nightmare Wonderland With 'Alice: Madness Returns' Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 4:19PMThe man famous for turning our most cherished childhood stories into vividly twisted videogames takes another stab at Lewis Carroll's most adventurous character.
  • The stars geeked out at Comic-Con 2010 Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 11:05AMAll eyes in our galaxy - and perhaps ones far beyond our own - were on San Diego over the past four days for one of the biggest pop culture events in the world: Comic-Con.
  • VH1 Creates a New Foursquare Badge for Music Lovers and Provides Fans With Valuable Tips About Live Music Venues ... Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 8:00AMStarting today, music lovers can earn the 'VH1 Fanatic Badge,' a new foursquare badge that concert-goers can earn by following VH1 on foursquare at foursquare.com/vh1. Using foursquare's GPS-enabled application on their mobile devices, users can check-in at over 10,000 music venues in the foursquare database, including rock clubs and concert halls nationwide.  Users will be able to unlock the ...
  • News: Street Fighter X Tekken details spill Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:43AMOut in two years. Capcom aims to release the recently announced Street Fighter X Tekken crossover fighting game in two years. The Japanese game company expects to make its next major announcement for the game, which was revealed during the San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, at Capcom's Captivate event in April 2011. Capcom also believes Street Fighter X Tekken will be released before Tekken X ...
  • Bill Bell: Lack of voter interest has taken a real toll on Bell Monday, July 26, 2010 @ 2:41AMIt was nice of them to name a city after me, so Joan and I drove to Bell to have a look. Actually, the city is named after early pioneer landowner James George Bell, no relation, who acquired 360 acres in the 1870s, just a few years after the United States took it over from Mexico.
  • Promotions and new jobs Sunday, July 25, 2010 @ 5:22AMDustin Humphrey and Sarah Foster have joined Downtown law firm Cors & Bassett as associates. Barbara Applegarth joins the firm as of counsel attorney.
  • Gameloft Launches N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for iPhone 4 Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 10:17AMGameloft, a leading international publisher and developer of downloadable video games, is launching N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for iPhone 4, the first game that takes advantage of all the latest innovations in technology on the iPhone 4.
  • Gameloft Launches N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance for iPhone 4 Thursday, July 22, 2010 @ 9:51AM-
  • Scott Pilgrim vs. The World hits XBLA late August, two weeks after PSN Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 9:21AMWe've known for a while that the downloadable game version of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World would be a timed exclusive, available for download on PlayStation Network on August 10. But we weren't sure when the game would hit Xbox Live Arcade. Tuesday, that question was answered.
  • EA Mobile intros new summer/fall line of iPhone, iPad games Wednesday, July 21, 2010 @ 12:31AMEA Mobile has introduced its new Summer and Fall line of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch games, consisting of up to eight different titles in development. Previously presented at EAís Hot for Holiday Event in New York, the new line of games cover a wide variety of genres ranging from the Madden NFL 11 and NCAA Football sports games to the Risk strategy war-based game. Additional titles mentioned ...
  • 5 movies we've already heard too much about Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:38PMHollywood, turn off your hype machine. "Scott Pilgrim," "Tron: Legacy," "Eat Pray Love," "Paranormal Activity 2" and "Harry Potter" can't possibly live up to the publicity they’ve already received.
  • Analysis: Why Pac-Man Was The First Video Game Celebrity Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 5:07PM[Gamasutra contributor and game theorist Eric-Jon Rossel Tairne explores how Namco's Pac-Man became an all-time classic by being the first game to challenge insular, male-focused arcade stereotypes and aim for mass appeal... and by betting on women's love for cookies.] To bring you up to speed, in 1976 Breakout came along to refocus Pong as a single-player experience, to redefine the video game ...
  • EA Showcase reveals NFL Trainer, DarkSpore dates MMA Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 3:29PMNew pro football-based fitness game in development; Maxis' action RPG due February; mixed martial arts title to ship Oct. 19.
  • Microsoft Discloses Cost to Connect With Kinect Tuesday, July 20, 2010 @ 2:12PMMicrosoft has revealed the impact of its novel motion-sensing camera for the Xbox on gamers’ pocketbooks.
  • Saling The World: Dragon Quest IX, Fire Emblem Head Global DS Charts Friday, July 16, 2010 @ 8:52AMGamasutra's weekly column, "Saling The World", covers the top five sellers for every available platform in the United States, Japan, and Europe, providing an important update of sales patterns worldwide. This week's charts, with data taken from July 15th, 2010, find Dragon Quest IX achieving big first-week sales in the United States, as Nintendo's latest Fire Emblem title heads cross-platform ...
  • Asphalt 5 HD Android Review Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 6:43PMAsphalt 5 HD (Android) Gameloft's glitzy racer comes to Android.
  • Tragedy and Comedy, Starring Pac-Man Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 5:52PMThe Game Play festival at the Brick Theater in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, fuses the techniques and live presentation of theater with the themes and technology of video games.
  • Activision Announces Apache: Air Assault on Xbox 360 and PS3 Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 4:02PMFierce helicopter flight sim getting a brand new edition.
  • Helsing’s Fire heads up this week’s top iPhone games Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 3:53PMWhile last week I struggled deciding what game deserved the top spot on this weekly list, this week the choice was simple. Although I stop short of applying the instant classic tag to Helsing’s Fire, I will tout the game’s virtues to anyone and everyone who’ll listen.
  • Q&A// Kane & Lynch 2: Multiplayer Director, Kim Krogh Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 12:24PM(15 Jul 2010) Friend or Fun?
  • Think Friendster’s dead? Not in Asia. Thursday, July 15, 2010 @ 5:52AMThe aging social site's gamble: online arcade for Asian teens. read more
  • Top 25 Most Wanted Games of 2010 Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 9:35PMThe rest of the year is looking hot. We count down the best upcoming games.
  • Blown Away: New racer Split/Second lets you level the competition Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 2:07PMEvery year, some trend in videogaming comes from behind and delivers an outstanding streak of games. In 2009 there was an abundance of beautiful fighting games: Street Fighter IV for arcade fans, Fight Night Round 4 for sports lovers, DISSIDIA Final Fantasy for franchise fighting, and the decent Tekken 6 at the end of the year. The year before that was all about outstanding ...
  • Five iPad games I can't stop playing Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 10:35AMIf you have an iPad, you already know Apple's dirty little secret.
  • Gilbert: DeathSpank Could Pave The Way For More Downloads With 'Real Meat' Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 8:38AMVeteran game designer Ron Gilbert (Monkey Island series) hopes that his latest game, DeathSpank -- more robust than many download-only titles -- can help pave the way to a new ecosystem for digital. The game design did not change simply because the game was a downloadable title, he tells Gamasutra in today's feature interview. "I don't know whether that's a plus -- history will answer that ...
  • Chevy Chase coffee shop owner treats customers like family Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 5:07AMAnn Yi, owner of the Olympia Coffee Shop in Chevy Chase, works behind the counter Monday. The shop is open 365 days a year.
  • Chevy Chase coffee shop owner treats customers like family Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 5:00AMAnn Yi has owned the Olympia Coffee Shop in Chevy Chase for 27 years. She has spent 27 years behind the same counter, but Ann Yi's devotion to the people in front of it hasn't changed.
  • The Absolute Best of Tulsa | Revenge of the Winning Machine Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 1:38AMOur city is at the crossroad for change. Despite the spat between the mayor and the council, as destructive as it appears and could be (but probably won't), it shows us somebody cares about something around here. Shake it up and make something happen. That wasn't always the case around here. Tulsa u...
  • Planned ecology park near 59 would dwarf AstroWorld Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 12:53AMWhen AstroWorld was dismantled five years ago, many residents shed tears at losing the longtime Houston icon.
  • The Daily Slash: July 13th 2010 Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 12:41AMCan you believe that it’s already (pretty much) the middle of July? It just feels like time’s flying by, doesn’t it? Guess that’s what happens when you’re having fun — and we have plenty of that around here. That’s why we’re happy you can join us. So, welcome to tonight’s edition of The Daily Slash. First up, in the Best of R3 Media, we’ve got 100,000 apps for the Android Market, and is an ...
  • 'Cutters, Spikes offer stark contrast Wednesday, July 14, 2010 @ 12:16AMSTATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- The Williamsport Crosscutters and State College Spikes have a lot in common.
  • NHL 2K11 Preview Tuesday, July 13, 2010 @ 9:10PMNHL 2K11 (Wii) One of the few quality sports simulations on Wii returns for another year.
  • Seaside merchants try to capitalize on "Jersey Shore" popularity with poor results Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 11:09PMFacing tough competition and a shaky economy, John Gugliotta, the owner of Johnny G's Pizza Factory on the Seaside Heights boardwalk, decided to add an item to his menu this summer that was sure to stand out: The Deep Fried Snooki Sandwich.
  • Slash: Coming to an iPhone Near You Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 8:29PMYep, there's an app for that.
  • Creating his 'Living World in a Box' Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 7:11PMDave Jones, entrepreneurial game designer known for Grand Theft Auto and Lemmings, talks about getting beat up by Scottish gangs as a kid for achieving a high score in Galaga, how GTA originally had dinosaurs roaming its city streets, and his new open-world MMO game, All Points Bulletin.
  • No time to get away? Tips to taking a daycation Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 4:05PMThe slowly improving economy means many travelers will take their first real first vacation in more than a year this summer — minus the long flight or drive and the hotel overnight. Hotel - United States - Canada - Tourism - Gadling
  • No time to get away? Tips to taking a daycation Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 11:04AMThe slowly improving economy means many travelers will take their first real first vacation in more than a year this summer — minus the long flight or drive and the hotel overnight. Hotel - United States - Arts - Canada - Tourism
  • RiverHawkGames.com Introduces Haven for Latest and Classic PC Video Games Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 2:09AMMeridith Menchaca and Antonio Carrillo, founders of RiverHawkGames.com, are proud to proclaim the debut of their website. Established to provide PC gamers with a vast selection of classic and newly-released video games – featuring 13 mainstream categories – the business provides a jackpot of action-packed options. Visit the site’s new blog, 2GamersBlog.com, to learn more about the various PC ...
  • 'BlackLight' debuts on Xbox; comic books, movie are next Thursday, July 8, 2010 @ 12:14AMZombie Studios' action shooting game "BlackLight: Tango Down" debuted Wednesday on Xbox Live, the start of a multimedia franchise for the...
  • Game update: Zombie's "BlackLight" out, movie next Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 4:58PMZombie Studios' action shooting game "BlackLight: Tango Down" is debuting on Xbox Live today, the start of a multimedia media franchise for the venerable Pioneer Square company.
  • Pure Football Review [PlayStation 3 Xbox 360] Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 11:51AMPure Football may be an arcade take on the sport, but that doesn't excuse its repetitive gameplay and general lack of game modes.
  • Split/Second 'sploding on PSP this holiday Wednesday, July 7, 2010 @ 9:12AMDisney Interactive has announced that its havoc-wreaking racer, Split/Second , is drifting onto the PSP in time for the holiday. The basic structure of the game will remain intact -- players drive across booby trap-infused tracks, attempting to take out the competition by setting off hazards at opportune times. Online multiplayer is a no-show, but up to four players will be able to engage in ad ...
  • Popular kids pizza party place out of business Tuesday, July 6, 2010 @ 6:07PMThe music has stopped at Major Magic's.