As mentioned in a GDC 2010 speech by White House representative Kumar Garg, Michelle Obama has launched the Apps for Healthy Kids competition, which is challenging tech and game developers to put their skills to the test. The competition aims for its competitors to develop applications or games that encourage children to eat healthier and [...]

While a lot of people, including myself, are waiting for the new Pokémon games to hit this Sunday (in America), you can help pass the time by watching The Speed Gamers 72 hour Metroid Marathon for Halton Autistic Family Support Group taking place this weekend. You can watch the marathon from their website.
If you don’t [...]

Hardware
NDS – 613,200
360 – 422,000
Wii – 397,900
PS3 – 360,100
PSP – 133,400
PS2 – 101,900
Software
1. 360 – Bioshock 2, 562,900*
2. Wii – New Super Mario Bros. Wii, 555,600
3. 360 – Call of Duty: Modern Warefare 2, 314,300
4. Wii – Just Dance, 275,400
5. Wii – Wii Sports Resort, 272,500*
6. PS3 – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, 252,800
7. [...]

We’re finally getting some more information about Green Day: Rock Band, in the form of a Harmonix press release. The newest Rock Band title will be launching worldwide on June 8, 2010, it will cost $49.99, and the box it comes in will look like this:
There will be no version of the game that comes [...]

I was going to post just the DLC for this week, but less than thirty minutes ago the CEO of Viacom, Philippe Dauman, announced at the Game Developer’s Conference that Rock Band 3 will be released this holiday season. No details are available at this time, but you can bet that we will update with [...]