Online game company Gazillion promotes former Blizzard exec to No. 2 job
Online game company Gazillion Entertainment has named a former Blizzard executive as its president and chief operating officer. San Mateo, Calif.-based Gazillion is one...
PrimeSense raises round for motion-control chips
PrimeSense has raised a round of private equity funding as part of its plan to expand its motion-control chips beyond Microsoft’s Kinect game console...
Ad network Adknowledge raises $200M to pursue acquisitions
Adknowledge said today it has raised $200 million in debt and private equity to pursue acquisitions. The company runs a big ad network and...
Atari game creator Al Alcorn talks about creating Pong and modern game industry
Allan Alcorn is a one of the wizards of Atari and one of the fathers of the video game industry. Back in the early...
GameTanium games on demand service will debut on Android
Exent is announcing today that its GameTanium games-on-demand service is debuting on Android smartphones. New York-based Exent has created a digital distribution technology for...
Million-Dollar DLC: How digital content makes serious bank for charity
How much would you pay for five independent games if given the option to pick your price? Gamers collectively chose to spend $1.8 million...
News Blips: 3DS is region locked, Sony can remotely kill PS3s, Razer’s PC motion controller, and more
Nintendo's decision to region lock its upcoming 3DS handheld isn't purposefully malicious, but it does give me an excuse to slap a "Don't Tread...
Bigpoint saves Planet Moon game studio with hiring binge
Back in December, the Planet Moon Studios game studio was busy on a big project. During the holidays, the project went kaput, as promised...
Video Blips: Mindjack, Bulletstorm, Lord of Arcana, and more
If Mindjack's Nerkas Solutions employs sedentary degenerates as their quality-assurance product testers, I fear for humanity's future. Video Blips: • A dog's simple desire...
Just Dance 2 breaks the music game curse with 5M units sold
Music games such as Guitar Hero and Rock Band once lit up the charts of video game sales. But then they plunged into an...