WildTangent cuts ad deal with social game firm Playdom
WildTangent said today it has scored a significant new customer for its BrandBoost ad platform for social games. It is now teaming up with...
Video Blips: PlayStation Move Demo, Green Day: Rock Band Trailer, Global Agenda, and More
I wonder if the vibrate feature in Sony's new controller can double as a back-massaging device, just like every other vibrating gadget. Video Blips:...
Video game awards night: irreverence, strangeness and blockbusters
The awards night for the Game Developers Conference is always a hoot. It starts out with the Independent Games Festival, where the industry celebrates...
BioWare’s Ray Muzyka on how to build a game company (video)
Ray Muzyka, chief executive of popular video game-maker BioWare, spoke at our GamesBeat@GDC conference in San Francisco about building game franchises. While onstage, Muzyka...
U.S. video game sales drop again in February even with big game launches
Video game sales fell 15 percent in February compared to a year ago as the industry struggles to climb out of the recession. That’s...
Nintendo’s creator of Metroid Other M explains how he creates both serious and comic games
It’s a little funny that the producer of the serious game Metroid Other M is also behind the comic expression of Nintendo’s WarioWare series of handheld...
Image Metrics raises $8M via stock deal to create realistic human face animations for games
Image Metrics, a company that makes it easy for game developers to create realistic human faces, has raised $8 million in a reverse merger...
Sony pulls out the stops for God of War III launch party (video)
Just after Sony debuted its new motion controller tonight, the Japanese company threw a big God of War III launch party. The game has...
InstantAction makes big downloadable games instantly available to play online
Instant gratification seems to be the big trend in games. First Otoy, then OnLive, and now another game startup, InstantAction, are all talking about...
Sony’s new motion controller is on the “Move”
Sony today officially entered a new phase in the lifespan of the PlayStation 3 console by touting the PlayStation Move, a wireless motion-controlled device...