German online game publisher Bigpoint has surpassed 250 million registered players for its free-to-play (F2P), browser-based online games. Bigpoint, which has established a global publishing network of over 1,000 game portals, social networks, and media sites, attracts over 250,000 new players to its key titles every day. The company has targeted U.S. gamers with titles like Battlestar Galactica Online, Drakensang Online, Dark Orbit, and Farmerama. The game makers were in Los Angeles for E3 last year, where they held a party at the Playboy Mansion.

At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) in Las Vegas, Smart TVs were everywhere. TVs from companies like Vizio, which can be seen in the video below, feature Google TV and OnLive, opening up new opportunities for gaming without the need of a console, or even a tablet.

LAS VEGAS – Actress Felicia Day does it all these days. The diehard gamer was on hand at CES to check out the latest technology and also attend the awards ceremony put on by the International Academy of Web Television. Day took home awards for “The Guild” and “Dragon Age: Redemption” at the event. But before getting the gold, the actress talked Skyrim, Old Republic and gadgets in this exclusive video interview.

LAS VEGAS – The Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) opened its doors to press, analysts and buyers featuring a record number of exhibitors, more than 3,100 companies on a show floor that will exceed 1.85 million net square feet of exhibit space. Pre-show media events with innovative product launches kicked off the 2012 CES, with cutting-edge products including ultrabooks, voice and gesture-based technologies, smartphones and OLED TVs. Owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association, the 2012 International CES, the world's largest tradeshow for consumer technology, opens today and runs through Friday, January 13 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

LAS VEGAS -- With more than 100 products introduced at the CES Unveiled and press day opening today, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) announces that the 2012 International CES will be the association’s second largest show in history. For a sneak peek at the show floor before it opens, check out the video below.

Hollywood stars, sports legends, musical icons and entertainers will attend the 2012 International CES to showcase and promote the innovative products and technologies shaping consumer technology. The 2012 International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, is scheduled January 10-13, 2012, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Zynga, fresh off its IPO, is expanding into new territory on Facebook. The casual game maker has launched Hidden Chronicles, the company’s first-ever social hidden object game. Created by some of the most talented women in casual and social game design and entertainment, Hidden Chronicles invites players to find hidden objects, solve puzzles, and unlock mysteries. Marking an entrance into an entirely new game genre for Zynga, Hidden Chronicles combines memory, skill, and social interactions, making it the most social hidden object game available.