Our next set of speakers for GamesBeat 2011
Today we’re revealing the second set of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our slate of speakers will include David Ko, senior...
Final Xbox founder leaves Microsoft
Otto Berkes, one of the primary founders of the original Xbox, has left Microsoft after 18 years at the company. His departure marks the...
Peak Games raises $5M for social gaming
Turkish game publisher Peak Games has raised $5 million to make social games for emerging markets. The deal shows that investors are looking beyond...
Finland’s Supercell raises $12M for hardcore real-time social games
Finnish game developer Supercell has raised $12 million in funding for its hardcore real-time social gaming business. The investment shows the increasing appetite for...
Updated: How many ways can THQ’s Space Marine game rip off Gears of War?
The second I looked at THQ‘s Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine video game, I figured I had seen it before. The sci-fi game may be...
TinyCo spreads the wealth with $5M fund for mobile game developers
TinyCo raised $18 million in February to expand its mobile game business on the iPhone. Now it is spreading the wealth around by launching...
News Blips: EA learned from failures, Take-Two takeover target rumors, reinventing handhelds, and more
I don't need EA to tell me to fail well. I've got enough burn marks on my fingers from my battles with the stove...
Video Blips: Infamous 2, Ghost Recon Online, Anarchy Reigns, and more
It's the monster you never see that becomes the most memorable monster of all. Or, in the case of Infamous 2, it's the amount of...
7 questions with Alice: Madness Returns Executive Producer R.J. Berg
On June 14, Alice will embark on an adventure back down the rabbit hole of madness. While the original entry, American McGee's Alice, may...
Social game leader Zynga poised to file for an IPO?
Zynga, the dominant maker of social games on Facebook, is reportedly poised to file for its initial public offering, according to AllThingsD. Citing unnamed...