Disney Interactive lays off 700 employees, or 26 percent of game division
The social game division Playdom will get hit hard.
Social networking will win the console wars
Integration of social tools, and fostering online community may be the most influential factors in which of the two consoles take the superior position in terms of market share and consumer loyalty in the eighth generation console war.
With three new games, Zynga is fighting to matter in mobile
For the past couple of years, Zynga’s problem was clear. The social gaming giant dominated the charts on Facebook, but not on mobile. And...
Zynga gives Words With Friends a mobile makeover
New features include a dictionary, so now you can find out how to pronounce the word "qi" if you friend uses it against you.
Veteran developers’ new take on a 30-year-old wizard game comes together in the cloud
Fixer Studios is basing its Sinister Dexter on an old pen-and-paper RPG while working with a revolving group of industry pros.
Bingo! GSN buys Bash Gaming for an estimated $160M to $170M
The agreement was reached after an abortive deal failed last year.
New company wants to wrap up all your gaming social media in one place
The new networking site for gamers looks to compile all gaming-related social interactions in one place.
Steve Perlman’s Artemis unveils his ‘breakthrough’ wireless broadband technology: pCell
Steve Perlman is back with another cool tech to save the wireless world.
VentureBeat hosts 6 industry-leading events in 2014 — here’s the lineup
VentureBeat is proud to announce that we’re hosting six industry-leading events in 2014. The lineup includes long-standing events like our Mobile Summit, MobileBeat, and...
A 4-year-old top-grossing game? How Kingdoms At War is still making money years after launch
So how has A Thinking Ape's game stayed so high for so long?