PixyKids raises $3M for a social media platform just for kids
PixyKids has raised $3 million to develop its social platform for kids ages six to 12. It is built on the idea that kids...
Zynga considering secondary offering of shares to avoid post lock-up selloff
Zynga is reportedly considering a secondary offering of shares on the stock market, following its $1 billion initial public offering in December, according to...
Wikia, Jimmy Wales’ for-profit company, passes IGN to become the largest network of gaming sites on the web
What happens when you combine the Wiki model of open, collaborative editing with just a pinch of old-school oversight? In the case of Wikia,...
The Japan-China connection: DeNA and Sina team up in mobile gaming
Japan’s DeNA and China’s Sina have teamed up to form a big mobile gaming market. DeNA is a $1.4 billion company that operates the...
Microsoft warns that OnLive Desktop’s Office streaming app violates license
The OnLive Desktop app enables users to run a Windows desktop on an Apple iPad or Android tablet, freeing users from their PCs even...
Konami and others will make games for Zynga.com
Zynga announced today that three major game companies have joined its new platform for publishing games on Zynga.com and Facebook. The new third-party partners...
Numecent’s “cloudpaging” could make digital delivery 100x faster
Cloud startup Numecent might completely reshape software distribution, by making it far faster to deliver bits over the internet. For video game players, that...
Numecent spins out Approxy cloud-gaming startup
Numecent, a startup with an interesting new cloud technology for digital delivery, is spinning out Approxy as a new cloud-gaming startup. While Numecent will...
Playnomics figures out how game players rate when it comes to potential purchases (exclusive)
Playnomics, a startup that helps predict which gamers will be valuable to game developers, is announcing today a free player-scoring system for online game...
Goplay launches portal for social games on the web (exclusive)
Goplay is launching a web portal for social games in the hopes of luring disaffected publishers away from Facebook. With Goplay, developers can make...