Open Entertainment Network creates parent-friendly prepaid game cards
Prepaid game cards sold at stores are a great way to make the online game market accessible to kids who don’t have credit cards....
Zynga’s Cafe World game hits 10 million users in just a week
Zynga is starting to accelerate its momentum in social games on Facebook. The latest proof is Cafe World, a Facebook game that has grown...
Vacancies at the Habbo hotel? Sulake laying off 20 percent
The company that created the popular Habbo virtual world plans to lay off 20 percent of its employees, according to published reports. Sulake is...
How Fourth Wall Studios hid an artistic radio drama inside Halo 3:ODST
Microsoft’s Halo 3: ODST is flying off the shelves as hardcore gamers play the first-person shooter video game on the Xbox 360. Sales have...
Rock Band finally making it to the iPhone/iPod Touch
Tap Tap Revenge has owned the “rhythm music” game genre on the iPhone. Earlier this year, research showed that as many as a third...
Microsoft promises plenty of Halos ahead in its future games
Is Microsoft’s Halo franchise going to follow in the footsteps of George Lucas’ Star Wars universe? Microsoft says its ambitions for Halo extend another...
Sony to sell downloadable games via Amazon.com
Sony’s game division said today it is offering access codes for more than 200 games for sale on Amazon.com’s online video game store. Gamers...
Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club
Will Wright has conquered the game industry and is now moving on to bigger things. He made waves in April when he announced he...
Tarver Games launching a location-based shooter game for iPhone
Tarver Games is announcing today it has formed a game studio to develop games for the iPhone. The company’s first major title is Ghosts...
PopCap Games raises $22.5 million to fund expansion into social games
For almost 10 years, PopCap Games has shown it can come up with one hit after another in the casual downloadable games business. One...