Viximo’s game service reaches 100M users on dozens of small social networks
Facebook may dominate the social game market, but it isn’t the only show in town. Viximo has made a good business out of providing...
Nvidia claims your computer will be brain-dead if it doesn’t use graphics chips
Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are talking like the best days of the stand-alone graphics chip are over. Both have combo chips coming early...
World of Warcraft’s pre-Cataclysm patch changed everything (literally)
[All before/after images courtesy of Tastes Like…Battle Chicken.] I've been out of World of Warcraft for about two years now. So when Blizzard announced...
Pokemon the 3DS: The light after Black and White
I hate to break it to you, but Pokémon Black and White aren’t going to be anything that special. In fact, I'm not even...
Fastest-growing game in history: Zynga’s CityVille hits 26M players in 12 days
Zynga‘s CityVille has become the fastest-growing game in history. And based on an interview with a key Zynga executive, that isn’t an accident. The...
Pocket Gems fills its pockets with $5M from Sequoia for iPhone games
Pocket Gems has raised $5 million in funding from Sequoia Capital and other Silicon Valley luminaries as it competes in the crowded iPhone game...
Gaikai isn’t concerned about OnLive’s fundamental patent on cloud gaming
OnLive announced yesterday that it had received a fundamental patent on cloud gaming, where users can play high-end games on low-end computers by utilizing...
DeNA and Ngmoco will launch global mobile social network, starting with Samsung phones
Japan’s DeNA and its Ngmoco subsidiary plan to launch a worldwide mobile social gaming network starting in April. As part of that effort, Samsung‘s...
On the GreenBeat: First Solar forecast beats expectations, Bridgelux to move into residential LEDs
Here’s some of the latest action we’re following on the GreenBeat today: First Solar posts strong forecast, sells Arizona plant to NRG — The...
VentureBeat’s top ten video games of the year (vote for your favorite)
Game publishers aren’t thrilled that video game sales are down 5 percent year to date. But for gamers, it’s been an awesome year because...