Alan Wake’s American Nightmare doomed to live in original’s shadow (review)
Alan Wake’s American Nightmare is change-up for hardcore fans of Remedy Entertainment‘s story-driven psychological thriller Alan Wake. It is available as an Xbox Live...
Sony’s PlayStation Vita sells more than 1.2M units worldwide
Sony said today that its PlayStation Vita gaming handheld has sold more than 1.2 million units worldwide. The Vita went on sale last week...
Goplay launches portal for social games on the web (exclusive)
Goplay is launching a web portal for social games in the hopes of luring disaffected publishers away from Facebook. With Goplay, developers can make...
Kabam expands social games to CNET’s Download.com
Continuing its diversification beyond Facebook, Kabam is announcing today will take four of its games to CNET’s Download.com service on the web. San Francisco-based...
CCP president takes off to do startup in games and health
Mike Tinney, president of online games company CCP Games North America, has decided to leave the company to create a new startup in the...
PlayHaven launches “Zynga in a box” mobile-game monetization platform
PlayHaven, a real-time mobile marketing startup that has enabled a four-fold increase in in-app purchases for its game developer customers, is adding new monetization...
Game investments doubled to $2B in 2011; acquisitions grew 160 percent
No matter how you look at it, the game industry is red hot. The game industry had a record year for investments and acquisitions...
Total Immersion shows off cool new augmented reality game platform
Total Immersion is releasing a new racing game demo that shows off the tools developers can use to create augmented reality games. With the D’Fusion...
Meteor Entertainment raises $10M to fund Hawken online mech game (exclusive)
Meteor Entertainment has raised $10 million in a bid to launch a downloadable online game called Hawken. Aimed at hardcore gamers who battle each other...
Gameloft to publish games on Intel Atom smartphones
Gameloft, one of the largest mobile game publishers, has agreed to publish games on Intel’s new Atom-based smartphones and tablets. The move is critical...