Zynga gets slapped with patent lawsuit over credits-based gaming
Game maker Zynga is being taken to court over patents that cover some fundamental aspects of social gaming: credits and prize redemption. Agincourt Gaming,...
iQU launches marketing and analytics service for online games
Gamer-profiling company iQU is launching an analytics and marketing platform to help online games find more users through mobile and social networks. The Haarlem,...
Age of Empires Online could make free-to-play games mainstream
A new age is dawning in the video game business, and Microsoft wants to be part of it. Today, Microsoft is formally launching its...
Former Xbox chief Robbie Bach emerges on Sonos board
Robbie Bach, former chief Xbox officer at Microsoft, has resurfaced on the board at Sonos, the maker of internet-based audio electronics. Bach has kept...
Making an Accessible Fighting Game
While fighters are indeed thriving in the game industry (all versions of Capcom's Street Fighter IV have sold almost 6 million units to date) and are supported by dedicated fans, the genre still proves to be intimidating for new players to get into.
Gameforge hits 300M worldwide users for online games
Gameforge said today that it has hit 300 million registered users for its downloadable online games. That milestone establishes Gameforge, a pioneer in free-to-play...
Hands-on with Edgeworld and other Google+ games
Since the battle of the social game giants has begun, I decided to try out some of the games available on Google+ to see...
The Valve Model — Good for the Industry?
How could you not? Its brought us some of the greatest games ever made, created the standard platform for PC digital distribution and community and is one of the few large development houses exploring the intricacies of the video game medium and business.
Frontierville hits the Pioneer Trail (and you won’t die of Dysentery)
Social games maker Zynga is launching an Oregon Trail-style adventure within its Frontierville Facebook game today. The add-on to Frontierville, a spinoff of the...
Zynga exec departs on the eve of IPO to run eHarmony
Former Zynga general manager Jeremy Verba has left the company to become chief executive officer of dating site eHarmony after working at the social...