Video Games

Activision Blizzard Thursday warned users of its Battle.net gaming portal that their personal data has been accessed by attackers. The company recommended that players in North America and beyond immediately change their passwords. “This week, our security team found an unauthorized and illegal access into our internal network here at Blizzard. We quickly took steps Continue Reading →

As of Wednesday night, the famed Ouya Kickstarter project has now been fully funded. Actually, it was way past fully funded, as 63,000 backers gave the project $8.5M when the initial goal for the hackable console was only $950K. This includes 46,000 who gave $99 which comes with a promise that they’ll get the console Continue Reading →

Big news in Xbox land: Items in the Xbox Live Marketplace recently showed up in non-Points denominations. Or, for a short period of time it looked like you could buy digital stuff for your Xbox using regular money, instead of Microsoft Points. Points are a hassle to use, making it hard to calculate what a Continue Reading →

Microsoft might be launching the next Xbox within the next year and a half. The software giant last night posted a job listing on its Web site seeking a marketing professional. In that posting — which now appears to be taken down — the company said that “over the next 18 months, Microsoft will release Continue Reading →

About 150 Club Nintendo members had received a golden ticket for each night of this four-day junket, but I was more interested in talking to the invited students from DePaul University’s Game Dev program. These were undergraduates and graduate students who had made the decision to come to a four-year, liberal arts school to study Continue Reading →

Now that the Ouya is all funded and everything, the company has started accepting pre-orders through an actual website, rather than as a reward to Kickstarter contributors. Your hard earned $109 ($119 if you live somewhere foreign) nets you one extremely tiny console, one controller and the promise of a new tomorrow. Shipping costs are Continue Reading →

With an overwhelming advantage in sales numbers, Apple’s iOS platform appears to be the world’s most popular platform for playing games. And judging by the growth of the number of Game Center users, Apple might even be able to boast that iOS will be the most popular gaming platform for the foreseeable future. Market research Continue Reading →

Netflix’s Just for Kids user interface is coming to the Xbox, the company announced Wednesday, making it possible for Netflix subscribers to browse through kids titles on their Xbox 360 without seeing any inappropriate content. That’s great news for any family household with an Xbox, but it also points to much bigger plans to further Continue Reading →

Valve is set to roll out a line of software titles ranging from “creativity to productivity,” hitting Steam on September 5. The software titles will incorporate Steamworks functionality, allowing automatic updating and cloud storage, among other standard Steam features. This follows a leak on the Steam mobile app in July that listed a slew of Continue Reading →

Were you among those who jumped for joy when Windows Explorer got its new moniker? Good news, nomenclature fans, for Redmond has decided to label its new OS’ built-in games and titles obtained from the Windows Store as “Xbox Windows.” Along with the new branding, venerable Windows titles like Minesweeper, Solitaire and Mahjong will also Continue Reading →