Come buy some cupcakes, homemade brownies and, oh my, some indie games! That’s right, it’s a video game bake sale being thrown by AGS (Adventure Game Studios) in an effort to raise money for the Child’s Play charity, an organization that seeks to improve the lives of children in hospitals around the world by giving them more »

Wadgeteye has been working hard to get it’s popular Blackwell series to work on Steam and they finally got there.

All four games (Legacy, Unbound, Deception and Convergence) are now available through digital download game store and service Steam.

They are also offering some nifty extras to each game…

Angry Birds makes money no matter where it goes. The iPhone version of the game sells for $0.99 and has been purchased well over 10 million times. The Android version of Angry Birds happens to be free. Rovio was able to make Angry Birds free by supporting the game with ads. Those advertisements alone have the potential to generate $1 million every month.

First there is a great selection of Kinect games for $49.99 including Dance Central and Kinectimals along with several others. And the Kinect itself is now available for $149.99 or you can bundle it with the system for $299.99…

One of the main distinctions that made Barack Obama’s election so noteworthy to observers was how he was able to embrace technology. Whether that was through clever advertising, smartly-placed television addresses or building an unexpected presence in video games, Obama made it clear that he was willing to tap into current societal trends in order to ensure success for America.

However, translating that technological savvy to the White House’s resources has proven difficult, as Obama’s staff has quickly figured out that their new home is not necessarily the most technologically creative place on the block…

It was a big deal back when a Barack Obama presidential campaign ad appeared in Burnout Paradise back in the beginning of October, 2008. Now, expect even more coverage – the Obama campaign has purchased ad space in 18 different video games.

The first Obama ad appearance was in Burnout Paradise, but now ads for the Democrat candidate are also appearing in Guitar Hero 3, Madden 09, Nascar 09, NBA Live 08, Need for Speed: Carbon, Need for Speed: ProStreet, NHL 09 and Skate. The majority of the games which have Obama ads appearing in them are EA titles…

Digital content distribution is the order of Games 3.0, the current era of gaming, and Microsoft was one of the earliest adopters of this model with its Xbox Live service. Microsoft is ensuring that there is no dearth of content on Live, be it games or any other media. It has signed a major $500 more »

Due to the high demand of Nintendo’s Wii console, Nintendo will pull the holiday ads for Wii and replace them with ads for the Nintendo DS until New Years. This switch is to help push the DS and give the company time to restock their Wii supplies as reports mount of expensive bundles, eBay price more »

Joel Durham has an awesome little list of overhyped games up over at Extreme Tech. But instead of just complaining about the sad state of the game industry today, Joel lists out games that are simply too overexposed and presents a nice, less-hyped alternative title. Its constructive criticism. It’s a relatively short list, and some more »

ReportOnBuisness detailed the business plans of Massive Incorporated last Saturday (August 4th, 2007) and it looks like there will be plenty more advertisements headed into our video games in upcoming years. The article by Matt Hartley cited this new facet of the advertisement industry as a potentially being “worth billions within five or six years.” more »