Blog Posts by Ben Silverman

Once the belle of the mobile gaming ball, smash hit Draw Something appears to be running out of ink.

A recent report by Appdata shows an alarming drop in players of the blockbuster social drawing game, with the number of Daily Active Users plummeting from 14.3 million in April to 9.2 million as of May 7 (Note: Appdata tracks Facebook logins, not total users.)

The Elder Scrolls Online (Bethesda)Few games are as content-packed as Bethesda's Elder Scrolls series, but those itching to roam around Tamriel with a bazillion other people should be pleased as a dragon on a pile of gold with the news of The Elder Scrolls Online.

Game Informer's got the goods on this massively-multiplayer entry in the long-running RPG series, due out in 2013 for the PC and Mac. It's a new direction for a franchise that for nearly two decades has focused squarely on huge, single-player experiences.

Playing ball in the house might be bad for furniture, but one video game company hopes it's good for gamers.

In the Kinect-exclusive NBA Baller Beats, players will dribble a real basketball to the beat of the music in what publisher Majesco is calling a "first-of-its kind participative basketball game."

(Getty Images)When you aren't posting pics of your awesome dinner or infuriatingly cute cat, there's a good chance you're spending a chunk of your Facebook time playing games.

But while companies like Zynga, Playdom and PopCap dominate the scene, some other big players are getting in on the act.

In fact, one of the biggest players ever, hip-hop mogul Jay-Z, just launched a new Facebook game. Mr. Beyonce Knowles joins a growing group of celebrities who have taken the social network by storm, hoping to microtransact their fame into a few extra bucks. But all celeb games are not created equal. Which of these deserve a spot on your Facebook gaming A-list, and which should be kicked back down to casting?

Calvin Johnson (Getty Images)It's a mega-moment for Megatron.

On Wednesday, EA announced that Detroit Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson has been named the official cover athlete for Madden NFL 13.

Johnson narrowly edged out Carolina Panthers QB Cam Newton in the finals of the Madden Cover tournament, earning 52% of the vote to take home the honor. Over 19 million fan votes were cast over the course of the tournament, which began back in March.

God of War: Acension (Sony)Where do you go after you've defeated the gods? Back to the beginning, apparently.

On Thursday, Sony formally announced God of War: Ascension for the PS3, the next game in the brutal action franchise. Or perhaps it's the first game, if you're going chronologically.

Bored with the castles, moats and drawbridges of typical miniature-golf courses? Internet madman Tom Scott is, so to celebrate his ten-thousandth day on the planet, he opted to create a substantially cooler one.

Scott asked some of his fellow hacker pals to build a 12-hole mini-golf course from scratch, and the result is the geek's equivalent of Pebble Beach.

Most folks think of football great Barry Sanders as the pride of the Detroit Lions, but before he zipped through defenders in the pro game, he was setting records as an Oklahoma State Cowboy.

How big was he in college? In 1988, Sanders put together arguably the greatest rushing season in NCAA football history, smashing records by amassing 2,628 yards and an insane 39 touchdowns in a mere 11 games. Easily enough to win him the Heisman, and now enough to win him a cover spot in a college football game nearly 25 years later.