Month: October 2011

Based on credit card data and industry analysis, a research group has discovered where lie the hidden veins that the video game industry taps with its draining proboscis. It your city an artery of fresh blood for the sucking?...

The numbers are in, and it looks like gamers spent around 4.5 billion of the human dollars in the second quarter, 2011. That’s kind of like a lot. Just consider this as a sign of how powerful a force we gamers are becoming...

Ah, “too big to fail,” a wonderful expression from the howling pits of our economic collapse. How does that term apply to video games, now that we’ve reached the days of 100-million dollar launches? How many...

The casuals are coming to get us. EA Sports FIFA 12, a game about grown men kicking a ball, has pulled down 3.2 million sales in its first week, compared to Gears of War’s own 3 million. Kotaku has the story.

Because nothing says class like four-hundred people in costume as video game characters, a Wisconsin company has chosen to sully themselves with the world record for video game cosplay. Really, haven’t these record people...