Random Questions with Activision's Dan Amrich
Editor's note: Toby keeps scoring prized interviews with some of the more interesting people in the community-management sector. This time, we've got former video-game...
Starcraft II pre-orders hit 800,000 in Americas
Just a day before the release of Starcraft II, the pre-orders for the sci-fi PC game have hit 800,000 units, suggesting the game will...
Zattikka raises $5M to expand in social and mobile games
Zattikka, a London-based maker of browser and mobile games, has raised $5.5 million in a first round of funding. Notion Capital led the round...
New business model conquers games as Live Gamer signs up EA for virtual goods platform
Electronic Arts is adopting Live Gamer‘s virtual goods platform as part of a drive toward new pay-as-you-go business models. The deal is the third...
Reviews Spotlight: Limbo, Mass Effect 2, Alpha Protocol, and More
A supersized Reviews Spotlight eagerly awaits the caress of your eyeballs after gorging itself full to bursting with reviews from regular and fresh faces...
How MotionScan Will Change Video Games Forever
Editor's note: Michael conducts an interview with himself (?) in order to explain in plain terms how a technology called MotionScan will dramatically change...
Going Back with Bitmob
The Bitmob community spends a great deal of its free time discussing new releases and upcoming titles. While waiting in anticipation of the industry's...
Playdom CEO John Pleasants: why "social gaming" will die
John Pleasants is in the spotlight as chief executive of Playdom, the third-largest social game publisher on Facebook and the No. 1 game publisher...
Starcraft II could generate $350M in sales this year
Game maker Blizzard Entertainment is preparing to release the much anticipated StarCraft II on July 27, and many gamers are salivating over the title,...
Norwest’s Tim Chang dissects the social game landscape (videos)
Tim Chang, a principal at Norwest Venture Partners, is one of the top venture capitalists following the social game market. At the Casual Connect...