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...
Challenge Games raises $10 million for web-based role-playing games
Browser-based fantasy game company Challenge Games has raised a $10 million second round of funding. Globespan Capital Partners led the round, which came just...
Austin game event: Lively by Google could be expanded to include games
The Austin Game Developers Conference featured one of the first official public dissections of the Lively by Google virtual world (or virtual room), and...
Vivox scores deals for voice-communication in online games for 38 Studios and Sony
Once considered an afterthought in games, voice communication is becoming a bigger part of the online gaming experience. Now players can use sound strategically...