Nvidia encourages new generation of visual computing startups
I can remember the first interview I did with Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, back when the company was coming out of stealth...
MyGameMug categorizes and matches gamers
Gamers spend a lot their time online and communicate often with friends. That’s why everybody wants to rope them into a social network. But...
Total Immersion blurs real and virtual in theme parks
Home video game consoles became so good at 3-D graphics that they nearly wiped out the location-based electronic entertainment business. But Total Immersion believes...
Will Martian water discovery fuel interest in sci-fi Blue Mars world?
The discovery of water on Mars might spur a lot of interest in the science fiction dream of terraforming the Red Planet into a...
Tabula Digita raises round for educational games
Tabula Digita has raised $6 million in a second round of funding to make educational games. The New York-based game company is the latest...
Intel to Nvidia: It’s time for you to die, Mr. Bond
Intel is in that part of the James Bond movie where the bad guy talks about how he’s going to eliminate Bond, which in...
Q&A: Microsoft game exec John Schappert talks about Xbox Live, Netflix deal, and Blu-ray
John Schappert is the corporate vice president who runs pieces of Microsoft’s game business such as its Xbox Live online gaming service. One of...
Ngmoco raises Kleiner Perkins funding for iPhone games, puts Bing Gordon on board
iPhone games publisher Ngmoco has raised a first round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Kleiner Perkins partner Bing Gordon, the...
Google testing “AdSense for Games” in bid to shake up in-game advertising
Google is the sleeping giant when it comes to advertising in video games. While the company dominates search advertising, it has yet to make...
Placementspot.com creates matchmaking service for in-game ads
The market for in-game advertising — or piping ads into games via Internet connections on the fly — is nascent. But it’s starting to...