English-language “free-to-play” online games will rake in $2B by 2015
With the growing popularity of free-to-play games on the PC, a new study from game market analyst DFC Intelligence reports that the English language...
PapayaMobile launches Android App of the Day
If you thought that getting apps noticed was tough on the iPhone, it’s even harder on Android phones. That’s why PapayaMobile is unveiling its...
Review: StarCraft II will keep PC gamers busy for months
If you’ve noticed a drop in productivity among your workers lately, you might trace it back to the July 27 launch of StarCraft II:...
Spil Games throws its weight behind HTML5 for mobile Web games
Spil Games operates Web game portals that reach more than 130 million users. So it’s interesting that the company is adopting the HTML5 standard...
Casual game site Miniclip expands into mobile games
Miniclip has grown its audience of casual gamers on the web to more than 57 million users in the past decade. Now the Neuchatel,...
Google pushes further into social networking, buys SocialDeck
In its effort to challenge Facebook, Google has become a social butterfly. The latest proof of that is Google’s acquisition today of SocialDeck, a...
Glu Mobile raises $13.5M in private placement as it expands to smartphone games
Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile has raised $13.5 million in a private placement as it aims to expand its position in smartphone games. The...
Nintendo cutting prices on its older DS handhelds on Sept. 12
Nintendo is cutting the prices of its older handheld game systems, the Nintendo DSi and the Nintendo DSi XL, on Sept. 12 as it...
DiscoveryBeat “Needle in the Haystack” business contest
If you’re a content publisher these days, you’re probably feeling like a needle in a haystack. How on earth will you ever get found,...
PlaySpan snags a gaming icon as its sales chief
Game-monetization company PlaySpan is announcing today that it is hiring Stevana Case as its vice president of sales and business development. Though she is...