Canada’s Real Ventures announces lean startup program for games
Canadian game startups can look forward to receiving private support from a Montreal incubator program announced at a video game finance conference in Toronto....
News Blips: Sony unveils PSP successor, Brian Wilson endorses MLB 2K11, impressive day-one Magicka sales, and more
OK, Sony, you've totally confused me: Handheld platforms are the wave of the future, the PlayStation 3 is riddled with security holes, and you...
Video Blips: Rift, Breach, Lego Star Wars 3, and more
"As the crow flies" takes on a whole new meaning within the volatile world of Rift — the pernicious avians apparently have a tendency...
Sony throws the kitchen sink of gaming technology into NGP
With its new NGP portable entertainment gadget, Sony has stuck to its tried-and-true strategy of packing as much technology as it possibly can into...
Video-game remakes: The business of nostalgia
Nostalgia is a fickle mistress. It’s a concept firmly rooted in that aspect of human nature that finds us dwelling on the past, trying...
Microsoft’s Kinectified game business grows 55 percent — fastest-selling consumer electronics device in history
Call it Kinectification. Microsoft said today that its video-game business grew dramatically thanks to sales of its Kinect motion-sensing system. The Entertainment & Devices...
Nintendo reports so-so results and forecasts mixed unit sales ahead
Nintendo reported that its nine-month results today were respectable, despite the negative impact of a sharply rising yen which makes dollar-based sales look weaker....
Sony announces next-gen portable entertainment system, as powerful as PS 3
Take that, Apple and Nintendo! Sony announced that it will launch a next-generation portable entertainment system. Sony claims the new portable system will be...
SiXits ready to wade into Facebook games with Babies Everywhere
As Facebook games become a bigger and bigger business, new social game startups continue to launch. The latest is SiXits. Zynga may dominate the...
With 32M kids online, Moshi Monsters invade toy market (video)
Hybrid models of online games and toys are getting fashionable. Yesterday, Mind Candy announced that its Moshi Monsters online game characters are now moving...