Linden Lab launches enterprise version of Second Life virtual world
Second Life is going corporate. The virtual world already has more than 1,400 companies staging meetings and conferences inside its virtual landscapes. But Linden...
World of Warcraft ordered to shut down in China again
The Chinese version of popular game World of Warcraft is a cash machine for its maker, Activision Blizzard. But the massively multiplayer online game’s...
Offers controversy stirs reactions across social networking industry
A relatively obscure part of the social networking business has come into the limelight. It’s about special ads known as “offers” that are used...
Interview with Offerpal Media CEO Anu Shukla on the offer “scandal”
We interviewed Anu Shukla, chief executive of Offerpal about her views on the advertising offers that fuel the social gaming industry, which have been...
PlaySpan teams up with PayPal to make game payments easier
PlaySpan, a maker of virtual goods platforms for games, is launching a new way to pay for goods using eBay’s PayPal technology for electronic...
Blabbelon launches free voice chat for online gamers
If anyone can appreciate the quality of voice calls over the web done right, it’s gamers. That’s the bet that Blabbelon is making as...
FXI and Atmel to put games on cell phone flash memory cards
FXI Technologies and Atmel are announcing today they are putting games on the flash memory cards that can be plugged into cell phones. They...
Flurry says books surpass game releases on iPhone in September and October
Games have been the No. 1 app on Apple’s iPhone for a while. That was true every month from August 2008 to August 2009....
Video of Arrington-Shukla fight highlights controversy of special offers
TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington and Offerpal Media chief executive Anu Shukla got into a brouhaha over special offers, which are used to monetize social...
Asian virtual goods market is seven times bigger than U.S.
The virtual goods industry in Asia is generating about $7 billion a year in revenue, about seven times the number in the U.S. The...