Outspark confirms it is in deal talks, but can’t confirm Shanda rumor
Outspark, a massively multiplayer online game publisher that brings Asian games to the U.S., confirmed it is in talks about being acquired. But the...
Realtimes Worlds’ former employees lash out at management of failed game studio
Realtime Worlds, creator of the online game All Points Bulletin, filed for bankruptcy protection last week. After the virtual dissolution of the company last...
The Control Pad: An Extension of Our Hands
Editor's note: Sometimes, when I've been playing a game for an hour or two, it almost feels like the controller disappears. I think this...
Playboy unwraps its online game plans with Bigpoint
Apparently, running pictures of naked women on its web site isn’t a big enough draw for Playboy Enterprises. Now the company is going to...
Digital Chocolate claims in Zynga lawsuit it owns Mafia Wars name
Casual gaming company Digital Chocolate has sued social gaming market leader Zynga, alleging that Digital Chocolate has the exclusive rights to the name Mafia...
Social game maker CrowdStar battles Zynga in Japan with Drecom deal
Japan mobile social network market is becoming a new battleground where American social game companies will slug it out. Social gaming firm CrowdStar is...
Five Things You Didn’t Know About Monday Night Combat
Uber Entertainment recently shared some facts about Monday Night Combat, its tower-defense/team-based-shooter title, via Twitter. It's since become a regular "feature." The best part?...
Do game industry luminaries fear or welcome the arrival of digital distribution?
Digital distribution has arrived in the video game industry, just as it did for music and movies. Will it disrupt game companies as much...
GameStop debuts a “store of the future” as online threat looms
The top brass of GameStop, the world’s biggest video game store chain, dedicated their new “store of the future” on a cool strip of...
Ukraine’s Gameprom scores big with iPhone pinball
In the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, it’s not easy to get your hands on a pinball machine. Nor is it possible to get an Apple-approved...