Heyzap raises seed round for casual game widgets
Showing there is still investor interest in games, startup Heyzap is announcing today it has raised a round of in seed funding from Union...
Zeebo ships game consoles to stores in Brazil
Readying its launch of a new game console, Zeebo said today that it has shipped game machines to retailers in Brazil. That’s the beginning...
Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios buys game developer Big Huge Games
[updated with Schilling interview] Throwing a curve ball, Curt Schilling’s 38 Studios acquired game developer Big Huge Games today for an undisclosed price from...
The free price is working out nice for Sony’s Free Realms as registrants top 2 million
Free is a pretty good price. That’s an obvious lesson from Sony Online Entertainment ‘s Free Realms massively multiplayer online game, which the company...
InvenSense improves gyroscope chips for motion-sensing game controllers
InvenSense is announcing today that it’s improved its gyroscope chips so they can be used in much more accurate motion-sensing game controllers. The development...
Microsoft to launch Zune HD handheld and offer Zune videos within Xbox Live
Microsoft has announced that it will launch a new Zune HD portable media player this fall. It is also expanding its Zune Entertainment Service...
Take-Two Interactive struggles to move beyond Grand Theft Auto
It’s not all that easy for a video game publisher to diversify away from good-old-fashioned-street-violence-racing-mayhem. Take-Two Interactive Software reported its results for the second...
Canesta shows off gesture controls for TV, PCs, games and more
Ever since the Nintendo Wii took the video game market by storm with its motion-sensing controller, next-generation user interfaces have become a big attraction....
Nvidia scores first major customer for Ion graphics platform
When Nvidia launched its Ion graphics platform for netbooks and small laptops in December, it landed with a thud. But today, the company is...
CryptoZoo alternate reality game gets your heart pumping
CryptoZoo aims to get gamers off the couch and into the streets, letting them find clues about mythical animals in the real world and...