How Apple can improve the iPhone as a game platform
Apple has come a long way with games on the iPhone. There are 12,403 games among the 59,073 apps, according to Mobclix. The iPhone...
Take-Two experimenting with online NBA game in China
Take-Two Interactive announced yesterday that it’s going to launch an online version of its NBA 2K basketball game in Asia. It will do so...
ZeniMax Media buys id Software, legendary maker of Doom
Zenimax Media said today it is buying id Software, the legendary developer of the Doom and Wolfenstein video games. The purchase price wasn’t disclosed....
Super Rewards’ advertising offers come to Twitter games
As inevitable as spammy invites, advertising offers are now coming to games that use Twitter. Super Rewards, a leading provider of offers for games...
Fast-growing Spil Games site adds Disney’s Club Penguin
Spil Games said today it is adding Disney’s Club Penguin kids virtual world to the collection of games accessible via its online gaming portals....
Social gaming mob war breaks out: Zynga sues Playdom
Sooner or later, if you make gangster games, things are bound to get nasty. Zynga has filed a lawsuit against its social gaming rival...
Ziff Davis to shut down ExtremeTech web site
It’s time to mourn another casualty in the media world. Ziff Davis plans to shut down the ExtremeTech web site in the coming week...
Electronic Arts says it chose to replace No. 2 executive
The game industry took notice yesterday when John Pleasants left the No. 2 job at Electronic Arts to join a small social gaming startup,...
Sony to launch web-connected movie trivia Blu-ray app in September
Sony announced today that it will launch MovieIQ, a service that delivers up movie trivia and information to Blu-ray movie watchers. The new service...
Playdom nabs EA executive, social gaming growing up fast
Playdom is one of the larger game developers on social networks, and it’s making lots of money from virtual goods. Unlike older, more established...