Stanford’s Bill Dally leaps from academia to the computer graphics wars
Bill Dally recently made the jump from head of the computer science department at Stanford University to being chief scientist at graphics chip maker...
Former Rockstar developers form 4mm Games startup
Jamie King and Gary Foreman, co-founders of Rockstar, the maker of the Grand Theft Auto series of games, have launched a new game studio,...
Twofish adds new tools for measuring the economics of social games
As companies implement virtual goods on applications in Facebook and other social networks, they need better tools for analyzing how people are buying and...
Tapulous churns out Tap Tap Revenge Dave Matthews Band iPhone game
It’s time to get out your tapping finger again, as Tapulous has just released Tap Tap Revenge Dave Matthews Band game for the iPhone....
Second Life generates 15 billion minutes in web voice calls
When you think of phone companies, Linden Lab‘s Second Life virtual world doesn’t come to mind. But the company is announcing today that its...
Is the video game exercise trend getting overloaded or just starting?
In video games, Nintendo starts the trends and then the copycats pile in. At some point, gamers get jaded and the trend collapses. Nintendo...
The top 12 trends of the video game industry
It’s good to step back and get a good look at the various cross-currents in the games landscape. Over the last few weeks I’ve...
Sony’s Free Realms game signs up a million users in 17 days
Sony Online Entertainment said today it has registered more than a million users in 17 days for its kid-focused Free Realms massively multiplayer online...
Crash Bandicoot creators speak out on forming new game company
The Naughty Dogs are at it again. The co-founders of one of the most famous video game studios have created a new game production...
Can Harry Potter save the day (and quarter) for EA?
Electronic Arts and Warner Bros. Interactive announced that Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince video game will be in stores worldwide on June 30....