12 years after original game, Blizzard's Starcraft II goes on sale
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty went on sale tonight, some 12 years after the original game debuted. The game is likely to be one...
Coming soon: PlayStation underwear?
PlayStation underwear? The thought isn’t necessarily that crazy. It’s what popped into my head when I saw this announcement: Sony Computer Entertainment today announced...
Starcraft II pre-orders hit 800,000 in Americas
Just a day before the release of Starcraft II, the pre-orders for the sci-fi PC game have hit 800,000 units, suggesting the game will...
Zattikka raises $5M to expand in social and mobile games
Zattikka, a London-based maker of browser and mobile games, has raised $5.5 million in a first round of funding. Notion Capital led the round...
New business model conquers games as Live Gamer signs up EA for virtual goods platform
Electronic Arts is adopting Live Gamer‘s virtual goods platform as part of a drive toward new pay-as-you-go business models. The deal is the third...
Playdom CEO John Pleasants: why "social gaming" will die
John Pleasants is in the spotlight as chief executive of Playdom, the third-largest social game publisher on Facebook and the No. 1 game publisher...
Starcraft II could generate $350M in sales this year
Game maker Blizzard Entertainment is preparing to release the much anticipated StarCraft II on July 27, and many gamers are salivating over the title,...
Norwest’s Tim Chang dissects the social game landscape (videos)
Tim Chang, a principal at Norwest Venture Partners, is one of the top venture capitalists following the social game market. At the Casual Connect...
Casual games expand in new directions at Seattle conference (photo gallery)
Casual Connect is one of the most interesting conferences in video games now because the social and mobile game companies have crashed the party...
Is Disney ready to buy social game company Playdom for more than $600M?
Rumors have surfaced that Disney is in the process of negotiating to buy social game company Playdom for more than $600 million. Techcrunch reported...