Question For Parents: Are You Game Literate? / image via healthwatchmd.com

ABC News in the US has come up with a primer for parents on the gaming phenomenon that is keeping their children in front of PCs and chained to mobile gaming devices when the kids are not in school.
In an enthralling article entitled, “A Gaming Dictionary for Parents”, ABC’s Scott Steinberg is attempting to bridge a gap between kids at home with computer gaming and parents who are simply at home, wondering what …

Get Ready To Suit Up for World Of Warcraft On Your Mobile Phone

If plans don’t get shot down, developers of the popular World of Warcraft are going full blast to allow the game to be played on mobile devices.
World of Warcraft developer Blizzard Entertainment has revealed to BBC that demand for a mobile app for the game is pressuring the firm to go ahead with the portable version, even as it confirmed that its subscriber force, which peaked at 12 million in 2010, dropped slightly to 10.3 …

Reuters reported on Wednesday that Zynga, the San Francisco-based maker of Farmville and other social games, has added yet another – and a big one at that – acquisition to its carpet. It bought OMGPOP for $200 million, its biggest acquisition by far, as the company moves forward in extending its line up of games on Facebook and other mobile devices. The company politely refused to comment on the financial details of the deal during the conference call the same day.
The giant social network …

Social gaming company Zynga has acquired popular mobile application game “Draw Something”. Zynga got shocked into taking out their checkbook after the new game, which has only been around for the past six weeks, reached 35 million downloads within the short period, and knocked Zynga from the top spot on the apps store.
In those six weeks, players created more than 1 billion drawings, with about 3,000 drawings per second last week. The shock-entrant utilizes the same game play …

Gaming Industry Surpasses Video in the UK

Getting into it and not merely watching has reached the trend peak in electronic-based entertainment, at least in the UK.
BBC this morning quoted the Electronic Retailers Association (ERA) in the UK as reporting that as of 2011, the gaming industry surpassed video as the country’s largest popular entertainment source.
ERA reported that the gaming sector chalked up 1.93 billion pounds in sales last year, compared to 1.80 billion pounds made from …

More Satisfying Ending for Mass Effect 3 Game on the Drawing Board / image via BioWare

Apparently recognizing the value of consumer effect, creators of popular computer game Mass Effect 3 hinted Wednesday that a review might be in the works to work out a change in the ending of the 3-part series game, which users complained as not satisfactory consequences of decisions players made in the first two parts.
Game executives confirmed that they would continue to listen to feedback from users to …

Portal 2, Minecraft Wins At the British Academy Video Game Awards

Following a great win at the Golden Joystick Awards last October, Portal 2 from game-maker Valve won the best game title, romping away with the best design and best story awards.
Valve’s Josh Weier, project leader for the winning new game, told BBC he was very amazed by the honor, recalling Valve’s October Golden Joystick victory where Portal 2 also won the best game.
Meanwhile, Minecraft, an environment-building game, won …

Microsoft might release next Xbox console version next year, reports Bloomberg citing two people with knowledge of the matter.
The successor of Xbox 360 might be shown in June 2013 at the E3 conference, and Microsoft may also put it on sale the same year.
Earlier, rumors were in the air that the device might be unveiled at the 2012 show. However, David Dennis, the company spokesman, has announced that Microsoft won’t discuss new Xbox hardware at 2012 E3 conference.
“There will be no talk of …

Flagship Smartphone Sony Xperia S now has received the support for online gaming store PlayStation Store. The service is available to owners of the gadget from the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Australia, reports Pocket Lint. The app has appeared on the gadget after a week of its release in the UK
A total of 16 titles are available in the store. Among them – Twisted Metal, Rayman, WipEout, Jet Rider, Everybody’s Golf 2 and others, says Pocket-lint. In the UK, each game has been …

Social gaming giant Zynga recently announced the launch of their own gaming platform Zynga.com and signaled the long disintermediation process that will take place between the company and Facebook. Reports recently revealed that Zynga accounted for 12% of all Facebook revenues, a pretty chunk of change for Zukerberg’s social platform.
Today, Zynga announced that it had signed on two major game developers and hardcore gaming outfits Konami and Rebellion, both of which will publish their …