Microsoft could be the next company to drop big cash on a Facebook game maker. Bloomberg reported last week that the Xbox 360 maker is one of the companies in talks to buy CrowdStar, supposedly valued at $200 million.Who is CrowdStar? And why would they command a $200 million buyout? They make Happ
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Microsoft could be the next company to drop big cash on a Facebook game maker. Bloomberg reported last week that the Xbox 360 maker is one of the companies in talks to buy CrowdStar, supposedly valued at $200 million.Who is CrowdStar? And why would they command a $200 million buyout? They make Happ
Stardock frontman Brad Wardell gives us an update on this ambitious fantasy strategy game. In the beginning, there was nothing. And for a long time, nothing happened until some guys made Master of Magic, a cult-classic strategy game that let you conquer a fantasy world with sword-swinging armies an
1. “Dear John” ($13.8 million)2. “Avatar” ($6.1 million)3. “From Paris With Love” ($3 million)4. “Edge of Darkness” ($2.3 million)5. “When in Rome” ($2 million)After seven straight weekend victories, is it possible that “Avatar”
As part of the campaign efforts for Star Trek Online (you can read our current thoughts on the game here), Star Trek fans are being invited to be part of an attempt to beat the world record for the ‘largest gathering of people dressed as Star Trek characters’ on February 14th at 1.00pm
Look, we get just as tired of seeing Nintendo's remarkably high software sales figures every few months as you do -- that's why, this time around, we're going to do things a little differently. We're just going to add up all the life-to-date totals for the company's biggest titles, and just drop th
Japan's Nikkei business daily (via Reuters) estimates Sony will announce an operating profit of about $1.1 billion for this past holiday quarter. This would be the first time the company has posted a profit in five quarters. The financial turnaround is thanks, in part, to the normally loss-heavy te
Since it hasn't been released there, we had assumed that the only shot our friends in the UK would have at the God of War Collection would be contained inside the monstrous "Ultimate Trilogy Edition." However, VG247 has relayed a quote from Sony, stating that "there are plans to release the GOW Col
Even though Marvelous Entertainment just sold off its controlling stake in European publisher Rising Star Games, Rising Star will continue to bring Europeans Harvest Moon, No More Heroes and other Marvelous games. Due to low sales in the West, Marvelous sold its stake in Rising Star to Japanese pub


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