Bejeweled hits 50M games sold; will the next 50M be free?
Bejeweled hit new milestone as PopCap Games announced today that the 10-year-old casual game has now sold more than 50 million copies. PopCap isn’t...
Announcing the “Who’s Got Game?” contest for the best game startup
We’d like to invite you to pitch your startup idea for the “Who’s Got Game?” contest coming up at our GamesBeat@GDC conference in March....
PlaySpan makes virtual goods gains with FooPets game
PlaySpan scored a deal to provide virtual goods and global payment solutions for FooMojo’s FooPets.com virtual pets game. Santa Clara, Calif.-based PlaySpan will help...
Scrapblog launches “Share the Love” Facebook app for scrapbook fans
Scrapblog, a photo sharing site for scrapbook fans, is launching a Facebook app dubbed Share the Love today. The cool thing about it is...
Ubisoft hits reduced expectations, announces new Tom Clancy game
Ubisoft, the big French game company, reported third fiscal quarter results that met reduced expectations for its sales of video games in the busy...
Nvidia’s Optimus adjusts your laptop graphics to fit the app
Nvidia is launching its Optimus technology today in an effort to match your laptop’s graphics horsepower to a given application. The technology will assess...
Electronic Arts makes a huge bet with Dante’s Inferno
Fresh off the success of Mass Effect 2, Electronic Arts is launching one of its big bets on a brand new video game as...
BioShock 2 Q&A: the trick to creating a critically acclaimed sequel
The first BioShock game surprised gamers when it debuted on the Xbox 360 in August, 2007. It was a horror-shooting game with mature themes...
More GamesBeat@GDC speakers: Helgason, Pham and Mahoney
VentureBeat’s upcoming GamesBeat@GDC executive game conference is set for March 10 in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference in the Moscone Convention Center....
Offerpal Media lets you pay for games by putting you to work
Offerpal Media is launching a new way to pay for games and other social apps today. Basically, Offerpal is going to put you to...