Google agrees to buy Slide for $182M as it moves into social games
As it tries to move into social games, Google has reportedly agreed to buy app maker Slide for $182 million, according to a published...
Online game service OnLive’s latest filing points to $1.1 billion valuation
Online game company OnLive‘s latest valuation is an estimated $1.1 billion, after taking investments from new investors BT and the Belgacom Group this spring,...
FTC spells out antitrust settlement with Intel
The Federal Trade Commission said it has settled charges that Intel used anticompetitive tactics to stifle innovation and harm consumers in the markets for...
Games: The Gateway Drug to Appreciating Other Media
My historical knowledge and daily intake of pop-culture is limited. I go to the movies, but I don't read reviews or bookmark blogs; I...
The Fall of Pixel Art and the Demise of Memorable Character Design
Editor's note: I think Ben makes a great point here: modern video-game characters have lost a lot of the charm of their pixel-art predecessors....
Goal! World Cup boosts EA sales
Electronic Arts, the Redwood City, Calif.-based video-games giant, reported better-than-expected first fiscal quarter earnings Tuesday. The World Cup boosted soccer game sales and existing titles...
Amazon Web Services sees $500M revenues, partly due to social games
Amazon.com probably doesn’t get enough credit for powering the growth of web services and cloud computing. Besides running its own e-commerce site, Amazon’s web...
ChinaJoy: The game show goes on, despite concerns that hardcore game growth is slowing
ChinaJoy, China’s equivalent of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), is famous for its thousands of show girls, new title releases, and the flashy sports...
The year’s top PC game: StarCraft II sells 1.5M copies in two days
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty sold more than 1.5 million copies in its first 48 hours, making it the top-selling PC game of the...
UltiZen raises $8M for game development outsourcing business
China’s UltiZen Games said it has raised $8 million for its game development outsourcing business in a third round of funding. Shanghai-based UltiZen makes...