Edward Smith

It doesn't matter how big, silly and expensive they are, AAA games can be art, too

Feb 08, 2013

The Android-based Ouya console will arrive at major US retailers Best Buy, Target and Gamestop in June and is available to pre-order from Amazon now.

Feb 06, 2013

Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan discusses how the upcoming Edge tablet will change PC gaming.

Feb 05, 2013

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has dismisses cloud gaming saying dedicated games console remain the future.

Feb 05, 2013

Infestor, in which you play a green parasitic blob, is available to download from Ravenous Games on iOS now

Feb 01, 2013

More details on the PlayStation 4 have emerged ahead of a supposed official reveal on 20 February, suggesting a 2014 UK launch.

Feb 01, 2013

Call of Duty, Skyrim, GTA and a lot of big games have nothing to offer adults. The industry needs to grow up

Feb 01, 2013

More than 100 people in the UK have joined a lawsuit against Google, with claimants from Europe also coming forward

Feb 01, 2013

Kim Dotcom has apologised to users of his file sharing site Mega, after it blocked users from uploading legal-to-share material via a third party search engine

Feb 01, 2013

Sony's PlayStation 4, previously codenamed Orbis, is expected to be revealed at a press event on 20 February

Feb 01, 2013

As Nintendo slashes sales expectations for the Wii U, we look at why the console is struggling to sell

Jan 31, 2013

As well as Android games, Nvidia's Project Shield will be able to run PC titles like Crysis, the company has said

Jan 31, 2013

Apple's iPad is still leading global tablet market as record breaking figures for 2012's fourth quarter are announced.

Jan 31, 2013

Despite mixed results, that missed Wall Street expectations, Amazon's stock price has jumped to an all-time high

Jan 30, 2013

Google has donated 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers to UK schools in a bid to improve ICT lessons.

Jan 29, 2013

More than 100 people have spoken to a UK law firm about taking legal action against Google for illegally tracking their online activity.

Jan 29, 2013

Junction Point, makers of Disney's Epic Mickey games, has closed down

Jan 29, 2013

A Reddit user has created a to scale replica of Apple's headquarters in the videogame Minecraft

Jan 29, 2013

Twitter has apologised for pornographic videos appearing in the Editor's Picks section of its new Vine video-sharing app blaming "human error"

Jan 28, 2013

Samsung is being investigated by South Korean authorities after a chemical leak killed an employee at its plant in Hwaseong

Jan 28, 2013

New legislation will make phone unlocking illegal in the US, unless consumers get permission from their provider

Jan 28, 2013

China's ban on videogame consoles may be lifted, an anonymous government official has said.

Jan 28, 2013

Slender Rising, a mobile adaptation of the Slenderman myth, is out on iOS.

Jan 25, 2013

Disappointing Q1 earnings hit share prices and topple Apple from prime position.

Jan 25, 2013

In its yearly compliance report, Apple reveals it has terminated one supplier over "particularly egregious" breaches of child labour laws.

Jan 25, 2013

In response to the inclusion of a 'gay planet' in Star Wars: The Old Republic, Ed Smith asks if the time is right for video games to come out.

Jan 25, 2013

An archive of Why Games Matter, a blog dedicated to the big issues affecting the games industry, as written by Edward Smith

Jan 24, 2013

A blog dedicated to big issues affecting the games industry

Jan 24, 2013

Games franchises such as Red Faction, Darksiders and Homefront have all been sold off as games publisher THQ is officially dissolved.

Jan 24, 2013