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Within a few minutes of playing Speed Blazers, it's obvious that the developer Fraktalvoid made a mistake that's all too common within the game industry: It created a trailer that was a lot better than the game itself. That's a shame, because this new racing platformer isn't bad by any stretch of the imagination, but it's not nearly as polished as the movie would've had us believe.

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It’s not uncommon for non-game developers to create games for Facebook in order to promote something, and BMW is the latest to take to this endeavor with BMW xDrive Challenge. A 3D racing title built in Unity, it’s not the most extravagant game, but is still of a surprising level of quality for a Facebook racer. Complete with global and friend-based challenges, it’s not a game that will keep one’s attention for long, but can be entertaining in the short term. In fact, the only real issue is a few oversensitive controls.

Social strategy game developer Kabam has announced it has acquired Fearless Studios.

Reviews are a great way to help players figure out what games to play next. Heck, that’s a big part of why sites like Gamezebo exist in the first place – and sometimes user reviews can be just as helpful as the professional ones! That’s why Big Fish Games has just launched a weekend deal that honors the top user reviewed games on their site.

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There’s been a lot of discussion recently in the mobile game space about the morality of “inspired by” design versus “straight-up theft”. With the ridiculously high speed that the mobile game space seems to move at, it’s definitely become something where everyone has valid opinions on almost every side of the issue. Meanwhile, us PC gamers that have been at this for a while are just sitting back and laughing, all the while pointing out that Blizzard’s Diablo series knows a thing or two about having inspired more than a few games, as well as being the victim of theft. Prolific free-to-play game developer BigPoint is throwing their browser-based hat into the ring with their very...ahem...Diablo-esque MMO Drakensang Online, currently in open beta. We’ve spent a decent chunk of time with the game and are here to tell you whether or not you should strengthen up your clicking finger.

Last May, I spent a bit of time pontificating on whether or not Steam belongs on a mobile platform. Regardless of my opinions on the subject (too lazy to read the article? The short version is “maybe, but they need to be careful”), Valve has just taken its first big step into the world of smartphones with the release of Steam Mobile for both iPhone and Android.

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Facebook has slowly become a great place to go for free-to-play sports management games. Whether you want to take control of a soccer club, or hop behind the bench of an NFL or MLB team, there are options out there. Now EA Sports is hoping to do the same thing for hockey. NHL Superstars uses a similar set-up to games like FIFA Superstars and World Series Superstars, letting you cobble together a team from existing pro athletes, but the overall package leaves much to be desired. With so little to do and so much time required to unlock content, NHL Superstars will leave hockey fans out in the cold.

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Fingle is one of those weird apps that’s not quite a game, but really more of an experiment or experience. It’s like a non-competitive take on Twister. But with your hands. There’s no real scoring system, and no winner. Maybe it’s not a game per se, but when you’re in it, there’s no doubt that you’re definitely “playing” it.

Originally announced all the way back in October at Zynga's Unleashed event, Zynga has finally released some details on the upcoming Zynga Bingo. The Facebook game maintains much of what has made bingo such an enduring game, but spices things up with the addition of power-ups and social features.