Two social media heavyweights — Lady Gaga and Zynga — will partner for GagaVille, an offshoot of FarmVille. GagaVille, a uniquely designed neighboring farm to FarmVille, that sports unicorns and crystals, according to Zynga, launches May 17.GagaVille visitors will get a first listen to unreleased... 

This year’s NFL playoff season has seen a big winner in Wiz Khalifa, the rapper whose Steelers anthem “Black & Yellow” has now hit 24 million views on YouTube and has inspired knockoffs for the Jets, the Bears and the Packers. Khalifa, a Pittsburgh resident and Steelers fan, released “Black... 

Facebook profiles are like belly buttons: Everybody’s got one. Perhaps that statement’s still a bit of an exaggeration, but by the numbers, we (that is, Internet users around the globe) are becoming more obsessed with Facebook by the day. One out of every 13 Earthlings and three out of four Americans... 

TorrentFreak‘s annual report on the most pirated games of the year has Activision‘s Call of Duty: Black Ops taking the dubious top honor for 2010. Even with Activision’s attempts to play “good cop” with pirates, Black Ops is estimated to have been downloaded 4.27 million... 

“It’s the most dynamic sales weapon we have ever had in our arsenal, giving us the equivalent exposure of a multi-million pound TV campaign,” Capcom’s UK product manager Karl Reader told MCV. “We foresee other publishers will follow suit.” And why shouldn’t... 

At last night’s VMAs, Kanye’s performance of his blistering comeback song “Runaway” — which he dedicated to all the “douchebags, assholes, and scumbags” in his life — was at first met with boos inside the Nokia Theater. But the Jersey Shore cast stood behind him and his message. “I... 

After Resident Evil: Afterlife brought in a worldwide first-weekend haul of close to $75 million, star Milla Jovovich has announced to Vulture that she and her husband Paul W.S. Anderson will definitely be making a fifth entry in their zombie horror franchise. Says Jovovich, “We’ve been... 

Google.com Homepage for September 7th 2010 We’ve seen a great number of cool Google logos throughout the years, but today’s doodle, available on the U.S. version, (and a few other countires) of Google’s search engine, is one of the most intriguing yet. The logo is animated, and reacts to the... 

Who should ex-Friends star Matthew Perry thank for landing his latest job, a role in Fallout: New Vegas? Not his agent. According to senior producer Jason Bergman, Perry’s role was cemented thanks to talk show host Ellen DeGeneres. On the April 24, 2009 show, Perry appeared not only to promote 17... 

Over on Fortune City’s visitor guide website, you’ll find tons of info relating to Dead Rising 2′s world. One of the key elements revealed is a spiffy map of Fortune City to give you all a head start when playing the game. Be sure to head on over to www.visitfortunecity.com to check... 

Valve is making some noteworthy changes to the way Left 4 Dead 2 plays, the way it scores and the way it can sometimes infuriate players. When Valve polled zombie apocalypse enthusiasts on their rage quitting reasons, this was why. The official Left 4 Dead site outlines some, but not all, of those impending... 

Ubisoft has announced even more details about its upcoming relaunch of its gritty, open-world franchise, now titled Driver: San Francisco. We make it out to San Francisco for a few days every year for GDC, but we’ve never witnessed a single act of gritty crime, so we’re not sold on how eventful... 

Microsoft has confirmed during its post- press conference / mass console giveaway “media roundtable” that it is no longer manufacturing the original Xbox 360 hardware in any form. A Microsoft representative has told Joystiq that the now-outdated machine will continue to be sold until stock... 

What more do we need to say? We’ll be heading back into the future ’50s world of Fallout, sculpted by Obsidian, on October 19 in the US and October 22 in Europe. In case you hadn’t already seen in the recently released E3 trailer, the Las Vegas … er, New Vegas setting is... 

According to a report just relased by comScore, online video viewership has seen a bit of a shakeup due to relative newcomer Vevo. Launched in December 2009, the music/online video service is fed content from Sony, Universal and Abu Dhabi Media Company. Warner is also considering putting content on... 

Microsoft reportedly has a juicy reveal up its sleeve for the upcoming Electronic Entertainment Expo mid-June: Inside sources say Hulu is coming to the Xbox Live service on the Xbox 360 console. Gear Live reports that in addition to Project Natal details, Microsoft will be unveiling the Hulu service... 

Microsoft Korea has submitted Sega’s Crazy Taxi and Sonic Adventure to the Korean ratings board, leading to speculation that the Dreamcast titles are racing to XBLA. Sega was unable to officially comment on the ratings. Sonic Adventure popped up like a blue blur on radar back in January, while Siliconera... 

Ninjabee has announced that A World of Keflings will expand on the Avatar functionality of its predecessor, A Kingdom for Keflings. Specifically, the title will allow players to bring their Avatar props and pets inside the game world. Players will be able to summon their props and pets whenever they...