That. That is a big number. I had to turn my phone sideways and everything to work that out. I don't even know how to say it. The staggering figure is the combined souls lost across both 360 and PS3, and the result of some 252, 163, 804 deaths overall. » 4/15/14 12:00pm Tuesday 12:00pm

How much stuff goes into a video game? To celebrate Broken Age going on sale on Steam, Double Fine has released an infographic with a collection of stats from the number of textures in the game to the total coffee consumption of the team. » 3/08/14 9:00am 3/08/14 9:00am

The numbers may be shrinking a bit in recent years but, when you look at it, the sheer aggregate of people who've made a toon, joined a raid or bought a pet in World of Warcraft is still mind-boggling. » 1/28/14 4:00pm 1/28/14 4:00pm

Clinging tenaciously to its top spot on the Facebook daily active users list, King.com's Candy Crush Saga keeps itself a couple hundred thousand players beyond FarmVille 2 by getting everyone stuck on level 86 and then taunting them. » 1/28/13 10:55am 1/28/13 10:55am

Ready for some math? 1,378,143 Kickstarter users pledged $83,144,565 to game projects in 2012. There were 2,796 game Kickstarters launched. Of those, 911 were successful. » 1/08/13 4:26pm 1/08/13 4:26pm

Twas the day before Christmas and all through the house, these are the games that are keeping parents from cooking and wrapping presents and the children from stumbling over internet porn. » 12/24/12 8:55am 12/24/12 8:55am

I spent an inconveniently substantial portion of last night trying to clear away gels in one level of King.com's Candy Crush Saga. Knowing that an additional million people are experiencing the same frustration this week makes me feel better. » 12/17/12 8:55am 12/17/12 8:55am

Now don't get too excited; Zynga is still on the tops of both the gainers and losers charts this week. CityVille 2 added nearly eight million users this week, but I want to talk about the two positions behind that, populated by a pair of games from King.com. » 12/03/12 9:55am 12/03/12 9:55am

Smell that? That's the fragrant odor of rotting vegtetation, courtesy of the nearly five million players that didn't bother tending their virtual crops in FarmVille 2 last week. » 11/26/12 9:55am 11/26/12 9:55am

Out with the relatively old and in with the new, that's the theme of this week's list of Facebook games losers and winners, as Zynga's latest 'Ville title grows and its next-to-latest shrinks. » 11/19/12 9:55am 11/19/12 9:55am

While I busy myself playing games like The Grinns Tale and the newly-released CityVille 2, the rest of Facebook mills about the old familiar haunts, munching on candy and clicking up exotic cuisine. » 11/05/12 8:55am 11/05/12 8:55am

Two straight weeks of FarmVille 2 being at the top of the daily active users Facebook game charts is plenty. This week I'm bending the laws of time and space to imagine a chart without Zynga—a chart in which Candy Crush Saga reigns supreme. » 10/15/12 10:55am 10/15/12 10:55am