Newsbrief: In an eccentric marketing move to promote BioWare’s upcoming Mass Effect 3, Electronic Arts will send a number early copies of the game into space. As reported by USA Today, EA plans to launch a series of weather balloons…

Newsbrief: NaturalMotion Games has reportedly hired Dan Borthwick, formerly common technology lead at Electronic Arts’ social game subsidiary Playfish, to lead its mobile-focused studio in London. Borthwick is the latest in a string of social game veterans who have recently…

This week on “Best Of Indie Games,” we take a look at some of the top independent PC Flash/downloadable titles released over this last week. The delights in this edition include the release of the much-anticipated sequel to Shank, a…

In Gamasutra’s latest feature, Kabam VP Matt Ricchetti argues that the casual social and hardcore social mechanics of Facebook games and MMOs have gelled together into one toolbox. “As the online game landscape becomes less black and white, social innovation…

Newsbrief: Developer and publisher Rovio Mobile has announced that Angry Birds Space, the next entry from its phenomenally successful bird-flinging franchise, will launch on March 22. The Finnish company will debut Angry Bird Space with mobile gaming, animation, retail, and…