Gamertell

The hottest gaming platform going these days may not even be a video game console but social networking site Facebook. Gareth Davis, a platform manager for Facebook, believes the best is yet to come. He said that Facebook has some 400 million active monthly users and more than 100 million… Continue Reading »

Sony is now bringing games to Facebook, which really isn’t too surprising. After all, EA owns PlayFish, a popular Facebook game developer. Sony’s relying on one of its established games for its first foray into social network games - PoxNora. The name should sound familiar, since PoxNora‘s been around for… Continue Reading »

A new Civilization game has been announced. In Fall 2010, gamers will be able to once again manage your own, well - civilizations for lack of a better word in Sid Meier’s Civilization V. That’s not all, in addition to the exciting Civilization V news a Facebook entry in the… Continue Reading »

Casual games on Facebook, including Farmville and Mafia Wars, are an industry expected to make more than $2 billion by 2012, according to ThinkEquity LLC analyst Atul Bagga. Electronic Arts didn’t become one of the biggest companies in videogames by letting that kind of money get away. EA Sports President… Continue Reading »

According to an industry census report by Game Developer Research, despite the recession there were more people employed in the videogame industry in 2009 than in 2008. That’s due to some explosive growth in the Canadian game industry, which experienced a 30 percent increase in the number of employees between… Continue Reading »

Dango has created and launched Battle Defenders, an interesting, free Facebook game that could interest a lot of gamers. Battle Defenders is a tower defense game, a strategy title where you must place units on a field to prevent enemies from proceeding down paths to your goal. However, there’s a… Continue Reading »

Zynga’s FarmVille Facebook farming simulation game is so popular, it now has an additional Facebook app dedicated to it. Playata has created Farmbook, which it is claiming is the first Facebook game informational application. Think of Farmbook like an online strategy guide. It contains all sorts of information for FarmVille… Continue Reading »

Gamers who want to get a sample of what Microsoft’s Xbox Live service has to offer can get a glimpse this weekend for free. During this weekend (Friday, November 20, 2009, through Monday, November 23, 2009), Xbox Live Gold membership will be free to anyone with a Silver account. The… Continue Reading »

This Tuesday (November 17, 2009) Microsoft unleashed a new update for it’s Xbox 360 system. The new update includes the ability to use a bigger screen, a clearer picture and accessibility from the comfort of your living room couch. To access all this cool stuff, you need an Xbox live… Continue Reading »

FROM APPLETELL - Not content with just one “weedy species” franchise in the form of The Sims, Electronic Arts now wants to take over your gaming garden with Spore.
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