DEMO: SmartyCard lets kids learn stuff and earn stuff
SmartyCard has a smart way to get kids to learn via its reward-based quizzing approach. The company, which is showing off the service at...
GamesBeat 09 preview: Veteran VC Tim Chang on what’s hot, what’s not in game investments
Game and virtual world investments soared to $885 million in 2008, but the picture is likely to be a mixed one this year. Games...
Sony’s game leadership goes full circle
Sony chief executive Howard Stringer shook up the ranks today with a management reorganization. He took over the president’s job held by Ryoji Chubachi...
UBS orders $31 billion in Capcom stock, then cancels it, citing error
Here’s a ridiculous story for a Friday afternoon. Swiss banking giant UBS placed a $31 billion, or 3 trillion yen, order for convertible bonds...
Vicious Cycle releases new tool to make it easier to do cheaper cross-platform games
Game engines may not be sexy to talk about, but they are useful tools. They provide developers with a platform upon which they can...
GeoEye’s satellite data used in UbiSoft’s new Tom Clancy game, H.A.W.X
GeoEye spent about $100 million sending a satellite into the sky so that you could see realistic ground imagery in a new Tom Clancy...
Management turns over at casual game publisher PlayFirst
PlayFirst, one of the leaders in casual game publishing, announced today that it has appointed a new chief executive and chief financial officer. Mari...
id Software launches free Quake Live browser-based shooting game
With today’s launch of browser-based game Quake Live, you could say that id Software has come full circle. You can play the game for...
Sony’s PlayStation Network passes 20 million registered users
Sony just announced that its PlayStation Network has now surpassed 20 million registered users. The PSN is the online gaming network for Sony’s PlayStation...
Canesta scores its 37th U.S. patent for gesture-control technology
Maybe I’m paranoid, but I can smell a legal battle coming in gesture control for TVs, computers, game consoles and other gadgets. Maybe it’s...