Technology

Dutch virtual world startup Virtual Fairground has raised $4 million and signed a license to publish a game based on the hit animated soccer...

Online games and brick-and-mortar stores that carry games have been fighting a tough war. But digital currency cards are making peace between them. Online...

Sony is closing down its one-and-only U.S. PlayStation store at the Metreon mall in San Francisco. The recession is clearly to blame. Sony will...

Our GamesBeat 2009 games conference on March 24 will explore the frontiers of gaming such as emerging gaming platforms. Facebook certainly qualifies as one...

It was a dark day on Thursday for the weakest video game publishers. A trio of publishers may not be long for the world:...

Howard Marks is a high-energy guy.  He can talk a mile a minute about Asian online game business models, or user-crafted games, and everything...

The U.S. video game industry continues to defy the recession, with sales in January up 13 percent compared to a year ago. Overall January...

Nintendo and Sega are teaming up again to bring the Mario and Sonic characters back together in a Nintendo Wii game based on the...

James Portnow knows how the economic turmoil can upset the best-laid plans. After he started his online game company, Divide by Zero, nine months...