Sony loses money due to quake and PlayStation Network outage
Sony reported a $199 million loss in the first fiscal quarter ended June 30 because of problems including the Japan earthquake and the hacking...
Big Fish launches game for the Amazon Kindle
Big Fish Games is launching a game for the Amazon Kindle electronic book reader today as part of a diversification into new markets. The...
Nintendo slashes price of its 3DS handheld to $169.99
Nintendo announced today that it has cut the price of its struggling 3DS handheld game player from $249.99 to $169.99. The price cut is effective...
Gate2Play launches Zynga game cards in Middle East and North Africa
Zynga plans on taking over the world with social games. But it’s not so easy in places where there aren’t easy payment mechanisms such...
Nintendo posts unexpected quarterly loss and slashes full-year profit forecast
Nintendo reported a first-fiscal-quarter net loss, hurt by both slow sales of its 3DS handheld game device and a strong yen. The Kyoto-Japan-based company...
Gamify Network’s growth mirrors popularity of gamification
Turning ordinary web sites into something fun through “gamification” has been a popular idea. And that has helped The Gamify Network gather some steam...
THQ reports a widening loss but continues to invest in digital games
THQ, a mid-sized publicly traded game company, reported an unexpectedly high loss today as sales of its Red Faction: Armageddon game and children’s games...
Kixeye accuses Kabam of copying its Backyard Monsters game
Facebook game makers frequently each other of copy-catting games. The latest accusation comes from Kixeye, which says that heavily-funded Kabam has blatantly copied Kixeye’s big...
Nexon’s MapleStory Adventures game goes live on Facebook
South Korean online-game company Nexon is formally launching the open beta of its MapleStory Adventures game, its first title aiming to tap into Facebook’s...
DeNA and Ngmoco launch Mobage mobile social network across globe
DeNA and its American subsidiary Ngmoco announced today they have launched the Mobage mobile social network in English-speaking territories around the globe. The Mobage...