Dice Summit: EA CEO says game companies have to cut the fat, and focus
Electronic Arts has just had to cut 1,100 of its 10,000 employees. John Riccitiello, chief executive of EA, talked at the Dice Summit today...
Dice Summit: Resident Evil producer, Takeuchi, addresses Japan’s weakening game market
Japan is a shrinking part of the video game market, with software sales now trailing behind the United Kingdom. It’s about six percent of...
Valve’s Gabe Newell kicks off Dice Summit with digital downloading talk
As a game developer, Gabe Newell wanted to have a close relationship with his customers. But in the past, the chief executive of Valve...
Nintendo DSi arrives on April 5
In what is sure to be a nice shot in the arm for the portable game industry, Nintendo announced today that its handheld DSi...
Latest Lord of the Rings game doesn’t quite measure up
I’ve just finished playing the single-player campaign of Lord of the Rings: Conquest, developed by the Pandemic Studios division of Electronic Arts. And I...
Two game firms merge to form Blade Games
Vyk Games and Digini are announcing today they are merging to form Blade Games, VentureBeat has learned. Seattle-based Digini makes game development tools for...
Three major league speakers to highlight entrepreneurship at GamesBeat 09 conference
VentureBeat is proud to announce three more heavy hitters who’ll be speaking at our GamesBeat 2009 Games Conference conference next month, which will focus...
Microsoft in talks to buy 3DV Systems?
Anxious to outdo the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire 3DV Systems of Israel. 3DV is one of the companies that’s...
Alarm.com buys out its owners for $27.7 million
Web-based security firm Alarm.com said today it has completed a $27.7 million management buyout of the company’s majority owner, MicroStrategy. The buyout was led...
Bernie Stolar rises again as chairman of Vivo Products
Bernie Stolar has worked for everyone in the video game industry. So it’s no surprise to see him appointed chairman today of Vivo Products,...