Parents and educaters will be pleased to know that Knowledge Adventure has a lot planned for 2011. It’s going to continue to release educational games for children, to help make learning a little more fun. Since 2011 the company’s 20th Anniversary, it’s decided to bring back a classic series. At CES 2011, Knowledge Adventure revealed that Math Blaster is back. The Math Blaster games taught kids basic math skills, by making them Blasternauts and having them go on space missions where they’d have to shoot and find the right answers to questions.

That isn’t the only reason Knowledge Adventure came to CES 2011 though…

National Geographic, the media company known primarily for their magazines and documentaries profiling nature and the environment, have decided to enter the video game market.

The media organization has already formed a game division, National Geographic Games, with a goal to provide “entertainment with substance.” Thus far, the company has produced Herod’s Lost Tomb for the iPhone and Namco Bandai’s National Geographic: Panda for the DS.

National Geographic Games has announced its intent to work with Sony on…

The Educational Games Research Blog recently took the time to compile a list of the ten most influential educational games of the 80′s,a wonderful list that honors a slew of games that many gamers likely grew up playing. I know for a fact that I’ve played and enjoyed at least half of the games on the list.

The list contains both popular and forgotten favorites. Some of the most notable of the ten cited are The Oregon Trail, Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?, SimCity…