Categories Posted inin Technology Basis Science raises $11.5M and nabs Deepak Chopra and Esther Dyson as advisers Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 6, 2013 4 min Basis Sceince wants to use its lead to race ahead of the rumored Apple iWatch. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology A ‘big data’ experience revives the glory of SimCity (review) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 4, 2013 11 min SimCity is back with its best installment in years. Continue Reading 11 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Scopely announces marquee game developers as mobile-platform partners Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2013 3 min Scopely is working with a small number of high-end mobile developers to make their games more successful. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Red Hot Labs raises $1.5M for mobile games and a platform to make them spread Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2013 2 min The company includes members of the team that created Zynga's smash hit social game FarmVille. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology With 7.5M users in Russia, Crytek’s free-to-play shooter Warface is coming to the U.S. (preview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2013 5 min The successful online shooter is making its way to the U.S., China, and Asia. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology GameHouse bets it all on its social casino games Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 27, 2013 3 min Developer GameHouse is shifting its resources into social casino games. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology EA enables gamers to use a single identity across game platforms (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2013 3 min With a single identity, players can start playing a game on one platform and then pick up where they left off on another platform. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Goofy EA numbers that show how deeply players are engaged in games Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2013 1 min Games produce "big data." EA has 275 million registered users, it captures 50TBs of data per day, and it monitors 2 billion monthly game sessions. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga shuts Baltimore studio and consolidates three other locations Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2013 2 min Closures are part of Zynga's strategy to contain costs using "guard rails." Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Nevada governor signs nation’s first online gambling bill into law Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 22, 2013 2 min Nevada rushes bill through to beat New Jersey to the punch. Continue Reading 2 min