Red Robot Labs proves location-based games are hot, raises $5M
Red Robot Labs, a maker of location-based smartphone games, has raised $5 million from Taiwanese media firm Next Media. The deal is a big...
Blizzard and Netease.com renew deal for World of Warcraft in China
Blizzard Entertainment and NetEase.com have renewed their deal to publish World of Warcraft in mainland China. The deal will now last an additional three...
Walmart steps up with Angry Birds Space promotion
Angry Birds Space, Rovio’s next big game in the phenomenal mobile game series, launches on Thursday with some major promotions from Walmart. Angry Birds...
Unlock conference aims to draw the game industry’s elite (exclusive)
Unlock, a new conference in La Jolla, Calif., is aiming draw the elite executives of the video game industry. The two-day event is hosted...
Largest Call of Duty DLC collection hits Xbox Live today
Activision Blizzard said today that its largest downloadable content (DLC) in history for a Call of Duty game is hitting Xbox Live today. The company...
Game startups: Get ready for the Who’s Got Game startup competition
We’d like to formally kick off our Who’s Got Game contest for the industry’s best game startup. The event will take place during our...
Tablet game revenue to hit $3.1B by 2014
The tablet game market is expected to grow to $3.1 billion worldwide, according to a new report from analyst firm Juniper Research. The spending...
Vivox buys Droplet to deliver video chat on mobile
Vivox, a leading provider of voice chat in games, has acquired the video chat firm Droplet. Natick, Mass.-based Vivox plans to drop Droplet’s technology...
At $500M in 2012, mobile has become the fastest growing segment of social games
As mobile games become a lot more social, the money spent on them is starting to skyrocket. This year, revenue from virtual goods in...
Grand Cru raises $2M to build free-to-play Supernauts superhero game
Grand Cru is announcing today it has raised $2 million in seed funding to build an online adventure game called Supernauts. The company is entering a...