Categories Posted inin Business In Korea, Gold Pieces Are Equal to Dollar Bills Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2010 1 min Every American bill includes the phrase “legal tender” somewhere on the greenback note. Well, it seems that the gold and silver pieces you collect... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business In five days, Zynga raises $1.5M for Haiti via Facebook games Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2010 1 min Zynga‘s gamers have donated more than $1.5 million in the past five days for Haitian earthquake relief. They did so by making donations directly... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony delays new motion controller for PS 3 until fall Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2010 2 min Sony is eating crow tonight as it announced it has postponed its new Motion Controller from the spring until the fall of 2010. The... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business CO-OP: Reflections 2009 Part 1 — Batman, Uncharted 2, Red Faction, and More Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2010 1 min 2009 was a very good year — for video games. While much the rest of the world muddled through an “economic downturn,” to put... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Jagex brings Asian game to Western gamers Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2010 2 min Will Western gamers play Asian online games? That’s a big question in the video game market these days. Jagex will test the idea today... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Pixel Revolt: Episode 16 Community Question Reminder Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2010 1 min Hey, Bitmob community! It’s that time again — we need your community answers for this week’s podcast. We’re back to our normal Thursday night... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Pocket God sells 2M units on the iPhone, first paid app to do so Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2010 2 min It looks like a lot of us enjoy torturing island natives during our spare time. Bolt Creative said today that its Pocket God game... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business OpenFeint expands in Japan with Space Invaders’ owner Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 19, 2010 1 min Aurora Feint announced today that it continues to expand its OpenFeint iPhone social gaming platform in Japan, where it has picked up a major... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Virtual goods-related companies raised $598M in 2009 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 19, 2010 2 min Virtual goods companies raised $598 million in venture capital in 2009, according to a report released today by Engage Digital Media. Virtual goods are... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business SwitchGames builds a big market for used games Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 19, 2010 2 min SwitchGames is a game trading site that has ridden the wave of demand for used games. Today, the company says its users are now... Continue Reading 2 min