Categories Posted inin Technology After OnLive: Here’s why Nvidia believes cloud gaming is just getting started (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 21, 2012 16 min After cloud gaming leader OnLive ran out of money in August, the future of cloud gaming became, er, cloudy. Rival cloud gaming service Gaikai... Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Technology GSN snatches up former Zynga chief marketing officer Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 20, 2012 1 min GSN has picked up Jeff Karp, former chief marketing officer at Zynga Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology The exodus continues: Zynga’s chief security officer resigns Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 19, 2012 1 min Nils Puhlmann, the chief security officer at Zynga, is the latest to leave the firm. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Technology How Activision uses Salesforce.com for engaging with (complaining) gamers Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 19, 2012 2 min Salesforce.com chief executive Marc Benioff relates how his company transformed the social support infrastructure at Activision Blizzard, the publisher of the Call of Duty games and an enterprise with $4.8 billion in annual sales. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology With a veteran startup team, Scopely raises $8.5M for social mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 19, 2012 3 min Scopely is methodically launching engaging social games on mobile devices. And it's doing so with an all-star staff and funding of $8.5M Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Chasing more engaged users, Zynga acquires ‘midcore’ social game startup A Bit Lucky Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 17, 2012 3 min Faced with a slowdown in the core casual game market on Facebook, Zynga has expanded into mid-core games with the acquisition of A Bit Lucky Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga strikes back hard at EA in copyright infringement case Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 14, 2012 3 min Zynga denies copying The Sims Social and lobs legal grenades back at Electronic Arts Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Startup Seeds makes a game out of microlending Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 14, 2012 2 min Rachel Cook at the team at Seeds are raising money via crowdfunding to gamify micro-lending. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga confirms it hired real-money gambling chief Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 13, 2012 2 min Zynga confirmed it has brought aboard a real-money gambling executive to guide its way into online gambling. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology In a twist, Zynga to import two mobile games from its Japan division Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 12, 2012 2 min Zynga is bringing over two of its Japanese role-playing games. Continue Reading 2 min