New speakers, sponsors for DiscoveryBeat; today is last day for early-bird discount
We’ve got some great momentum for VentureBeat’s upcoming DiscoveryBeat event, which will attack the problem of how to get attention for an app in...
French game maker Gameloft ditches the Android platform
[Updated] French mobile phone games publisher Gameloft said it is giving up on the Google Android platform. The company said it is cutting back...
Playhaven creates lots of fan communities for iPhone game developers
Playhaven is making it easy for gamers to create fan communities around iPhone games. It does so by creating online forums for fans on...
PC Is Short For Pirate Candy
Editor’s note: Some of the efforts that makers of PC games have been taking to prevent piracy are causing a great deal of grief...
Spruce Up That Living Room with Some Classic Game Artwork
The website Etsy is quickly becoming a hotspot for original video game art that any gamer would be proud to display in their parents’...
How Demon’s Souls Reminds Me of Ikaruga
Editor’s note: What do Demon’s Souls and Ikaruga have in common? Chris knows, and he shares that insight with us. Do you appreciate punishingly...
Portable Dreamcast: The Chinese Are Still the Best at Making Cheap Knock-Offs
If there was a long-dead console system that gamers would like to see reborn in a portable format, the Sega Dreamcast would be at...
GreenBeat: Locust, CPower tie for grand prize in Innovation Competition
The winners of the inaugural GreenBeat Innovation Competition — a survey of the most promising technologies and companies working toward a cleaner, more efficient...
Microsoft’s Xbox Live chief on banning modders and browsing Facebook photos on TV
Microsoft launched Xbox Live as an online gaming service in 2002 amid great skepticism. It didn’t really take off until Halo 2 launched in...
Boku gains momentum with mobile payments for social games
Mobile payments provider Boku has gained a lot of momentum as a provider of alternate payment for social games. The company said in September...