Emergent racks up $12.5M for game-development software
Emergent Game Technologies, a Calabasas, Calif.-based provider of applications used to develop video games more cost-efficiently, just raised $12.5 million in fifth-round funding to...
FlowPlay distributes its games through Miniclip
FlowPlay is announcing today it will distribute its online games through Miniclip, one of the biggest casual online game portals. Seattle-based FlowPlay said the...
Microsoft Games for Windows Live gets new general manager
After laying off its previous general manager last week, Microsoft has named Ron Pessner as general manager of the Games for Windows Live division....
Ubisoft snaps up a South American game developer
French video game giant Ubisoft has acquired Brazilian game developer Southlogic Studios. Southlogic is the longest-standing game developer in Brazil, with a team of...
Sony Online Entertainment buys Pox Nora
Sony Online Entertainment, the online games division of Sony, has bought the Pox Nora online collectible strategy game from Tucson-based developer Octopi. As part...
CES: Does the future of TV lie in gesture-based control?
Gesture recognition is one of the most exciting new technologies at the International Consumer Electronics Show this week. A variety of companies — inspired...
Video game league Major League Gaming raises $7.5M
Professional video game league Major League Gaming has raised another $7.5 million, an addition to its second venture round from 2006. The new financing...
Introducing GamesBeat 2009, a conference about the future of the video game business
[Update: See our new GamesBeat 2009 Games Conference site here.] We’re pleased to announce that VentureBeat will hold its first annual games conference, called...
Nvidia launches new chip sets in broadside at Intel
Nvidia is launching a chip set for low-end computers in a shot at Intel. In a familiar battle, Nvidia argues that low-end computers will...
Bigfoot Networks teams up with Dell to kill game lag
Bigfoot Networks, which makes Killer NIC K1 network interface cards that can give gamers an unfair advantage in an online game by speeding animations...