Game ad firm NeoEdge merges with game developer, hires new CEO
NeoEdge, a company that offers a way to insert video ads into online games, is going through some big changes — in part driven...
Flurry launches AppCircle to help apps get discovered
With 100,000 apps in Apple’s AppStore, it has become ridiculously hard to get an app discovered. At any given time, perhaps 100 apps are...
Livescribe launches an app store for its Pulse smart pen platform
Inspired by Apple, every hardware maker is creating an app stores these days. Today, Livescribe is launching a beta platform that allows developers to...
Modern Warfare 2 continues to blow away entertainment records
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has set the all-time entertainment industry record, generating $550 million in sales in its first five days on...
Gravity Bear unveils its first social fighting game on Facebook
Game startup Gravity Bear is unveiling its first original game for Facebook today. Battle Punks is a “3-D social game” that will debut this...
Now you can find your Facebook friends on game consoles
Facebook made its much-anticipated debut on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles this week. Microsoft launched the Xbox 360’s integration with...
Announcing new DiscoveryBeat speakers: Smule, Playdom and Moderati
We’re pleased to announce a trio of new speakers for our DiscoveryBeat event on how to get your apps noticed. Our newest speakers at...
Zynga raises more venture capital for social gaming expansion
Zynga has become the hottest social gaming company around, with more than 196 million users on Facebook alone. Today, the San Francisco company raised...
Former Alienware executives launch Origin, a new gamer PC company
New hardware companies aren’t formed every day. But Origin PC, a new maker of computers for gamers, sees an opening in the market for...
Bigfoot raises $8M for fast networking for gamers
Bigfoot Networks has raised $8 million in an effort to expand its business of making network cards that speed broadband performance for online gamers....