Oil co. Terralliance runs out of cash — should have reconsidered the Russian jets
[Update: After speaking to a source close to the situation at Terralliance, some of the information in this post merits correction. The company turned...
Nvidia fires back at Intel with chip set countersuit
Nvidia filed a countersuit against Intel today, alleging that Intel broke contract when it refused to grant Nvidia a chip set license on future...
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....