Source: TheSixthAxis According to NowGamer, GAME might be struggling to stock new videogame releases. The site has quoted an unnamed source who said that the retailer has “lost credit assurance with most of its publishers.” If the company has lost this assurance then publishers will not allow GAME to stock their games due to the financial risk involved.  “If true, it co... more.

Anonymous has sure been quiet lately, but today's federal bust of Megaupload riled 'em up good: a retaliatory strike against DoJ.gov (and plenty of other foes) leaving them completely dead. DownForEveryoneOrJustMe.com is reporting the department's site as universally nuked, and an Anonymous-affiliated Twitter account is boasting success. This is almost certainly the result of a quickl... more.

I really get a kick out of the fact that I am now considered an “indie” again after all these years. I have been making games for nearly 30 years, having built a top-five PC publishing house called Interplay around such major franchises as The Bard’s Tale, Wasteland, Baldur’s Gate, Fallout, Descent and more. In the early days, I developed games for other companies and mov... more.

GoDaddy girl Danica Patrick, one of several models the popular domain registrar employs. It’s a boycott of viral proportions. GoDaddy.com, one of the largest domain registrars on the Internet, stands to potentially lose thousands of customers on Thursday, Dec. 29, after the company gave and then repealed its support for a controversial bill before Congress... more.

From: Dave To: Ocean Marketing Dec 16, 2011, at 1:34 PM I ordered 2 of the upcoming PS3 controllers (invoice xxxxxxxxx—Nov 3, 2011). Any chance of getting an update of when these items will ship? I’m not really happy about being forced to pay upfront then have the advertised date of “Early December” be completely missed without any sort of update on availability. I ... more.

Sorry a Siri Killer  Apple is currently leading the smartphone market with Android. But Apple is in a more beneficial condition as its latest generation smartphone, the iPhone 4S has its own voice control assistant called Siri. Of course, it can’t be a revolutionary feature, as Google has been working on such a system for a long time, but at the moment Siri ensures high ... more.

   4 classic battlefield maps re-made in frostbite 2 for Battlefield 3, it includes 10 new weapons, 4 vehicles, 1 new game-mode and 5 new trophies.   It is free to all players who bought the "Limited Edition" (new) free of charge or £11.99 for those who could not obtain one.   Developer: DICE Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: December 6th... more.

Blackwater Video Game Criticism Leads To Threats Against Congresswoman Attorneys for the founder of infamous private military company Blackwater are threatening to sue a member of congress over statements she made during an interview about the PMC's bizarrely self-aggrandizing video game Blackwater. Rep. Jan Shakowsky was galled at the idea that Blackwater, a company she says has be... more.

In Insert Coin, we look at an exciting new tech project that requires funding before it can hit production. If you'd like to pitch a project, please send us a tip with "Insert Coin" as the subject line.   Wouldn't it be great if your laundry emailed you when it had finished? You got a tweet every time the room got too cold, or your basement sent you a text ... more.

  In the future, we'll all be slaves to rectangles. No, really. Well, at least that's the prognosis, albeit sanitized, Microsoft has slickly pieced together in its Productivity Future Vision concept video. It's a mostly seamless world where all of our interactions are made to be mobile, virtual, efficient and white-washed, but it actually just read... more.