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Amanita Design trusted a quirky alternative band called Dva to do make all of the music and sound effects for their latest game, Botanicula. If only more game designers would do the same.

Are the hidden costs of digital distribution inherently anti-consumer?

Beat Sneak Bandit leads the charge for compelling rhythm games on iOS devices.

DDR might have burned through its 15 minutes of fame. But much like a greatest-hits album, this player keeps coming back to it.

As an older medium, comics have a lot of lessons to teach games. Too bad games didn't listen.

My fear of the definition of Video Game becoming obsolete

What could possible make Infinity Blade 2 a better sequel? Hitting your iPhone with a plastic sword.

A friendly game of Dance Central 2 turns into a brutal dance off.

Once upon a time, midnight releases were bastions of hardcore nerdery. These days, it seems like any title with two pre-orders gets the late night event. With my veteran experience, you're sure to be having a blast all the way to sunrise instead of passing out in a recliner drooling on yourself!

Ubisoft wants to pump some fresh life into the ailing music rhythm genre with Rocksmith -- but it also wants to include gamers who never handled a guitar. Here's how.

As gamers we all have inevitably had our own ideas for what games we would like to see made. In that vein, this is what my take would be on a new entry into the music game genre.

This official Bitmob music video was created using Harmonix's new app, VidRhythm.

The diminished interest in arcades reveals the irony of social gaming: As the medium has become more social, we are becoming less so.

News Blips for June 2, 2011. Mass Effect 3 might have Kinect support, the Windows 8 interface uses a tile-based look, LucasArts wants to improve the quality of its games, and more.

Read the results of the Crossover Appeal challenge, where Bitmob writers analyze how two games of different genres have more in common than at first glance.

What the heck is a community manager, anyway? Ngmoco community manager Jared Rea tells us all about what the job entails, how people get into it, and what you need to know before you attempt to land a position.

GameDay 2011 is a charity event designed to raise funds for the International Video Game Hall of Fame and Museum. Gamers from all over the world will live-stream their attempts to set world records for all types of titles.

What make Super Smash Bros., Rock Band, and The Beatles so immensely popular with so many different people?

Learn how one independent developer got his start in the game industry. Matt Gilgenbach, the co-founder of 24 Caret Games, which is currently working on the upcoming PSN release Retro/Grade, talks about his path from college student to studio founder.

The Recording Academy now recognizes video games alongside motion pictures and television for its Visual Media awards. Does this mean orchestral scores for AAA titles are going to clean up every year?