Margaret Wallace, CEO and Co-founder of Rebel Monkey, recently sat down with fatfoogoo to discuss the inspiration behind Campfu, microtransactions, youth oriented  virtual worlds, and more!

CNN has a great article up about the recent phenomenon of creating and publishing games based on current events. Kuma Games and Cellufun in particular, are just two of a handful of companies developing small web and mobile games with themes ripped straight from the world’s headlines.

It's that time again! Drink Night returns on June 17th. Come on down and join us for a round of drinks and some great conversation! 

Mark Cooke, a programmer who has worked on various titles such as Grim Fandango, Conan and Zombie Apocalypse ( to name a few), embarked on an interesting project. He took up a challenege to create 10 games in 10 hours! Sound crazy?

Check out how he did after the jump!

Newly formed 4mm Games has announced its first title: Def Jam Rapstar, a karaoke Singstar-like game which caters to the hip-hop consumer base and allows players to get in touch with their inner MC.

Read on for more info! 

New York Times Columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author Nicholas D. Kristof kicked off day two of the Games For Change festival in New York with an insightful keynote discussing the unique power of social impact games.

New York City Gamestops may be used to dealing with swarms of passionate customers, but for one local Gamestop in Union Square, last Saturday was beyond anything they'd imagined.

Kaos Studios announced today the title of the next FPS they're developing under publisher THQ. Titled "Homefront," the story is being penned by Apocalypse Now and Red Dawn scribe John Mulius and is set ten years after the economic collapse of the United States. Think that's a little close to home? Wait till you hear about the suburban battlegrounds Homefront promises to let you wage war under...

Wadjet Eye Games has optioned a series of short Flash cartoons in anticipation of the next Blackwell release. The animated shorts feature series mainstays Rosa Blackwell and Joey Malone.

Click through to see the first one!

The CE Innovators are meeting in New York at CEA Line Shows to showcase what’s new, cool and happening before a powerful gathering of media, analysts, trade and technology thought leaders.