Newsbrief: For its latest indie game promotion, the pay-what-you-want Humble Indie Bundle has debuted its first mobile-focused pack, offering games that support Android in addition to Windows, Mac, and GNU/Linux. This new bundle includes popular indie titles such as 2D…

While the PlayStation Vita allows users to purchase the same games either at retail or digitally, Sony confirmed today that online customers in the United States will receive a bit of a discount. According to a Sony representative speaking to…

Newsbrief: Web gaming company Spil Games today revealed that it has seen some healthy growth for its social gaming business, and has attracted more than 170 million unique users as of December 2011. This new figure marks an all-time high…

Newsbrief: In a new effort to teach teens about science and technology, the UK-based Science Museum has commissioned a series of free, retro-themed web games for its official website. The games suite, dubbed Futurecade, includes four games that aim to…

[This week, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us picks from Kris Ligman on topics including finding art in sports video games, and a discussion about death, motherhood, and Creatures.] What time is it? ? What year?…

[Every other week, Gamasutra examines the most popular Facebook games according to monthly active users, looking at the top titles and developers on the social network to see who's attracting or losing players.] Zynga’s newest release, and its first entry…

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A while ago, I spent a weekend — mostly while sick in bed — devoted to watching Red Letter Media’s dissections of Star Wars Episode I, II, and III. These videos are narrated by fictional critic (and serial killer) Harry…

North Carolina’s local game association Triangle Gaming Initiative will hold the 2012 East Coast Game Conference for industry professionals on April 25-26 at the Raleigh Convention Center, and has announced a call for speaker submissions. Now in its fourth year,…

Facebook recently made several changes meant to drive discovery and engagement for its social games, condensing and sharing the game activity of users’ friends into a unified list populated on their news feeds. These updates follow a number of changes…