Game industry observers will be watching Electronic Arts closely on Monday, May 7, when the company is scheduled to report its fourth fiscal-quarter earnings for the period ending March 31.
The results will give investors a first peek at EA’s …
Is the Call of Duty: Black Ops II drone war realistic? (videos)
In Call of Duty: Black Ops II, a terrorist leader takes over America’s drone and robot armies and turns them against their creators. But some gamers have reacted to this scenario — set in 2025 — with scepticism.
Now Activision …
Replay Games raises more than $600K on Kickstarter for Leisure Suit Larry game
Leisure Suit Larry will live again in the land of the lounge lizards.
After a 30 day campaign, Replay Games has raised a total of $673,602 via Kickstarter crowdfunding, handily beating the company’s goal of $500,000. The pledged funding came …
Treyarch unveils Call of Duty: Black Ops II, also known as Attack of the Drones
[Editor's note: This article contains a few story spoilers.]
Activision Blizzard‘s Treyarch game studio is unveiling the worst-kept secret in video games today: Call of Duty: Black Ops II. But the unusual storyline of the first-person shooter and …
Treyarch’s Mark Lamia explains taking risks with the design of Call of Duty: Black Ops II (interview)
Activision Blizzard is announcing today that Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be the newest installment of the fastest-selling video game franchise of all time. Once again, studio Treyarch will make this game, which has more than 250 developers …
OpenFeint founder Jason Citron unveils new post-PC social game company
Jason Citron scored big when he sold OpenFeint to Japan’s Gree for $104 million. Now entrepreneur is back again with a new company called Phoenix Guild.
For now, it is a one-man shop. Citron plans to make social games for …
Know thine enemy? Hacker George “Geohot” Hotz met with Sony engineers
Sony has gotten a lot of knocks for its behavior in dealing with the PlayStation 3 jailbreak, the subsequent dealings with the hacker involved, the hacking of the PlayStation Network, and the resulting six-week disruption of the network last year.…
Tween girls doubled their game usage in the past year
Tween girls, or those ages 8 to 12, doubled their game playing time per month in the past year, from 38 minutes a month to 78 minutes, according to a new report from Spil Games.
The report sheds new light …
YogiPlay unveils learning app service for children (exclusive)
The iPad and other smart devices are becoming an ideal platform for entertaining children. But the problem with content for kids on the App Store is that it is just too hard to find.
So YogiPlay is announcing today it …
Shadowrun Returns raises $1.8M in Kickstarter campaign
Game developer Harebrained Schemes scored $1.8 million from more than 36,000 backers for Shadowrun Returns, the sequel to a fan-favorite cyberpunk role-playing game. This has become one of the most successful crowd-funding campaigns on Kickstarter.
Nvidia launches $999 graphics card with the world’s fastest gaming performance
Nvidia is seeking to extend its lead as the frontrunner in PC-gaming graphics today with the launch of its first dual-chip Kepler graphics card.
Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, made the announcement of the GeForce GTX 690 graphics card …
Zynga earnings call: three key wins in mobile, social and diversification
Zynga said in its earnings call with analysts today that it had “three key wins” in the first quarter: expansion into new social game genres, strong mobile growth, and diversification to its Zynga.com and Zynga partners platforms.
The social gaming …
