Daily Blips: Game News from May 7th, 2009
Today’s news is dominated by Activision Blizzard. Heard of them? They make games. And sequels. Lots (and lots) of sequels. They recently had an...
Among Thieves: Why Piracy Never Feels Wrong
Editor’s Note: We’re not big fans of piracy under any circumstances, but we thought Allistair’s post was a good conversation starter…. -Demian I have...
Daily Blips: Game News from May 6, 2009
We here at Bitmob know it’s difficult keeping up with the fast-paced, new-post-every-second videogame blogs. So we’re making it easy: Instead of sifting through...
Brazilian startup Hoplon Infotainment goes global with Taikodom online game
FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL — Hot Brazilian startup Hoplon Infotainment is gearing up to go global late this year or early 2010 with Taikodom, the first...
Konami’s 2009 games include controversial Fallujah episode of Iraq War
Konami Digital Entertainment recently showcased its slate of 2009 games, included a controversial one based on Fallujah, a battle site in the Iraq war....
How I became a virtual world believer
The media narrative about Second Life and virtual worlds is starting to get past the hype stage, past the bashing stage, and is beginning...
Applied Research Associates Acquires Virtual Heroes to make serious games
Defense contractor Applied Research Associates has acquired Virtual Heroes, a game developer which has shown a particular skill in creating games for business or...
iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers
The rush to develop iPhone applications is blinding Silicon Valley software developers to other platforms with potentially wide global audiences, most notably Nokia’s Ovi...
Brightkite, a mobile location-sharing service, merges with Limbo
Brightkite, a social network that lets users share their location on mobile phones, has merged with Limbo, a Silicon Valley company with a rather...
Oil co. Terralliance runs out of cash — should have reconsidered the Russian jets
[Update: After speaking to a source close to the situation at Terralliance, some of the information in this post merits correction. The company turned...