As console game sales shrink, Nexon’s online game revenues grow 26 percent
Nexon America said it has seen quarter revenues grow 26 percent in the second quarter, even as U.S. console game sales shrank during the...
Realtime Worlds to launch Project MyWorld virtual world game platform
Realtime Worlds, the developers behind the recently released video games All Points Bulletin and Crackdown, are setting their sites on a new social experiment...
Nintendo reports a quarterly loss as Wii game sales tumble
Nintendo reported a loss for its first fiscal quarter, which ended June 30, as the Japanese company saw its Wii game sales wither. Kyoto,...
Zynga confirms $150M SoftBank investment and Japan expansion
Zynga confirmed tonight that SoftBank will invest $150 million in the social game company. Zynga will also open a joint venture withSoftBank in Japan...
Seven security experts get the key to reboot the internet
Seven security experts have been entrusted with the key to reboot the internet in case of a global catastrophe. The security experts have been...
IGN Entertainment launches its own social network for gamers
The world’s biggest video game fan site is going social. IGN Entertainment is announcing today that it has created MyIGN, a social network for...
GameStop and Kongregate explain their digital game strategy
GameStop made its online gaming move yesterday by purchasing Kongregate, a fast-growing web site for indie Flash games. The world’s biggest game retailer, with...
Disney buys social game firm Playdom for up to $763.2M
In a big validation of the fast-growing social game business, Disney has agreed to buy social gaming firm Playdom for up to $763.2 million....
Trusted Opinion "gamifies" its restaurant recommendation community
Social recommendation firm Trusted Opinion is adding a social game platform to get its community of a million restaurant fans to engage in the...
GameStop dives into casual online games with Kongregate acquisition
Video game retail giant GameStop is opening 400 stores a year, but it knows that the shift to digital game distribution is coming. That’s...