THQ’s loss will likely be social and mobile gaming’s gain
THQ laid off more than 200 employees today as it tried to realign its workforce in light of disappointing sales of its most recent...
With EA’s The Sims Social, has Zynga met its match? (hands on)
The Sims, a life simulation game, is one of Electronic Arts’ most successful franchises. The company has sold more than 140 million copies of...
Online game company Outspark appoints new CEO after founder departs (exclusive)
Online gaming firm Outspark announced a new chief executive today, promoting its No. 2 executive to replace outgoing founder Susan Choe. The new CEO...
As games underwhelm, Take-Two Interactive misses Wall Street targets
Take-Two Interactive reported solid quarterly earnings and revenues, but fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. It was a tough day to report earnings, as...
A Missed, Mass Opportunity
I'll never admit to being a "fanboy" of anything, unless it's Mass Effect. Now that I've read all three books, I'm currently replaying the two games on a new save file, my "renegade run," as it were.
Social gaming firm CrowdStar moves into Russian market
CrowdStar is living up to its strategic expansion plan as it announces today that it will launch its hit game It Girl on three...
Facebook core-games maker Kixeye raises $18M
Kixeye, a developer of social games on Facebook for core gamers, announced today that it has raised $18 million in its third round of...
One of gaming’s best startups, Bungie, turns 20
Bungie is one of the most successful game startups in history, although the company was obscure for the first 10 years of its existence,...
Rift developer Trion picks up games vet to head third-party publishing
Trion Worlds, the developer behind massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Rift, announced today that it has hired games industry veteran David Luehmann to...
Gameforge founder creates Flaregames gaming startup (exclusive)
Klaas Kersting, the founder of the highly successful Gameforge online game firm in Europe, is back with a new gaming startup called Flaregames, VentureBeat has...