Amazon sparks controversy over casual games pricing
Amazon.com purchased casual game portal Reflexive back in October. So it came as no surprise when Amazon launched a casual games download service last...
Activision Blizzard isn’t immune from the recession, but it beats Q4 estimates
Video game publisher Activision Blizzard lowered the forecasts today for its 2009 earnings targets, sending its stock down in after-hours trading. Activision shares dipped...
Nvidia scores a couple of deals with Wintel
Nvidia is announcing a couple of deals with Wintel today that show the company is making progress with its new technologies. In an endorsement...
Real Games executive tells how the recession will affect casual games
John Barbour has been the president of Real Games — Real Networks’ gaming division that was set to spin off before the IPO market...
Perfect World importing more free-to-play games into Western markets
Chinese game company Perfect World has gained 50 million registered players throughout Asia thanks to its free-to-play business mode. Now the company is expanding...
Last Day of Work debuts Virtual Families simulation
It’s taken a while, but The Sims finally has a clone. Last Day of Work, a San Francisco casual game developer, has unveiled Virtual...
Game review: Flower for the PlayStation 3 breathes life into stale games
If you took the most beautiful scenery in mega-hit video games such as Halo 3, Gears of War 2, and Resistance 2 — and...
Scene Systems reconstructs scenes such as Sully’s crash landing
When big bucks are at stake, law firms will often pay computer animators a lot of money to reconstruct crime scenes or other events...
Gentlemen, start your next-generation game console rumors
The video game console wars have been kind of boring lately, with no hot rumors to talk about. But Charlie Demerjian of the Inquirer...
SGN launches its mafia game for the iPhone
Social Gaming Network is joining the mafia game fray on the iPhone today with the launch of Mafia: Respect & Retribution. The social networking...