The future of games: Beyond devices, beyond fun
Video games are quickly becoming an art form, agreed the speakers at a panel on the future of gaming at our GamesBeat 2009 conference...
Khronos Group launches a lighter version of OpenGL graphics standard
A popular graphics standard is getting an upgrade today as Khronos Group unveils Open GL 3.1 as well as an open standard for 3-D...
VC’s view of games: ‘An infinitely fragmented market’
The economy is soft, admitted the panel of venture capitalists at GamesBeat 2009. But Mitch Lasky, from Benchmark Capital, said, “We’re looking for what...
Digital River and Playxpert to co-market e-commerce inside games
Digital River and Playxpert are pitching a tool for game developers to build e-commerce solutions inside their game worlds. The two companies are combining...
AMD divides itself in two, hoping to gang up on Intel
After a couple of years of preparation, Advanced Micro Devices is finally going to split itself in two today in the belief that competing...
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...