BBC News - HTML5: the language aiming to to make the web wider

Just 20 years after it took its first tentative steps into the world, the web has become a revolutionary phenomenon. Almost 2 billion people are now online globally, and internet connections are now a vital part of international trade, communication and even politics.

Are we predisposed to violence in our game worlds?

But depsite all this, are we predisposed to act violently in games? Ben Croshaw, of Zero Punctuation, has it right when he was talking about the difference between the gamer in real life, and their projected persona in the game, "A sort of high-functioning autistic you wouldn …

Free Online Space Game Starport: Galactic Empires Surpasses the 200k Users Mark

Independent game development studio Playtechtonics announces that their self published free online space game Starport: Galactic Empires has surpassed the 200,000 account mark.

(video) Xbox 360's new dashboard leaked!

MyGamerCard reports that Gamespot accidentally leaked a video of the information they received about a May 7 update for the Xbox 360's dashboard.

Women outnumber men in online games

Women outnumber men in online games, survey finds While male video gamers still outnumber women 2 to 1, women have the edge in online games, a survey has found.