Timeline: A chronology of the life of Zynga
Zynga is expected to go public any day now. The social game maker could raise more than $1 billion at a valuation of $8.9...
Kaggle launches competition to help Microsoft Kinect learn new gestures
What if it was as easy to add a new gesture to Microsoft Kinect as it is to create a keyboard shortcut? Big data...
DeanBeat: The iPhone fairy tale comes true for Russia’s Cut the Rope developers
The iPhone fairy tale is becoming a familiar one for game developers: A small indie developer creates a hit, people love it, and it...
Microsoft will make a Kinect just for Windows hackers
Microsoft is embracing the DIY future with a special version of the Kinect hardware and firmware made just for Windows. That means it will...
Sibblingz exploits Adobe’s retreat from mobile Flash with Spaceport 3.0
Sibblingz, the maker of a cross-platform game engine, is exploiting Adobe’s retreat from the mobile Flash plug-in business with the launch of the Spaceport...
Former Call of Duty and Activision veterans start social game startup U4iA Games (exclusive)
Former Activision and Call of Duty veterans have started a new video game studio called U4iA Games. Their aim is to bring hardcore games...
Unity Technologies hopes to woo developers with new 3D game tools
Unity Technologies showed off version 3.5 of its 3D game tools today in an effort to widen its reach and help 3D games spread...
King of Code Finalist: Adrien Duermaël blends mobile games with comic art
(The King of Code contest is sponsored by Windows Phone and is open to developers on any mobile platform.) It all started with a...
China’s PapayaMobile reveals strong growth stats for mobile games
PapayaMobile, China-based maker of a mobile social networking platform for Android phones, now has more than 25 million users, up 940 percent since January...
84-year-old becomes oldest app inventor with the word game Dabble
George Weiss is 84, and he just may be the eldest mobile application inventor in America. His app is called Dabble – The Fast...