Kontagent raises $12M to expand social analytics into mobile
Kontagent said today it has raised $12 million in a second round of funding to expand its social analytics business into mobile markets. Kontagent is...
Activision posts update on Call of Duty Elite service woes
Activision Blizzard posted an update on the service woes for its gamer social network Call of Duty Elite. The service was supposed to launch...
Xbox.com adds new Metro-style social and video sections
Microsoft is adding new social and video interface designs to its Xbox.com dashboard, which mimics the company’s upcoming metro-style UI available in Windows 8. The...
Retro World game revives dead celebrities for older gamers
Elvis lives. So does Marilyn Monroe. And other dead celebrities may come back to life thanks to Retro World, a new game launching today...
Otoy teams up with Autodesk to create cloud-rendering platform
Otoy has partnered with creativity tools maker Autodesk to create next-generation cloud rendering tools that will make film making, 3D designs, and video games easier,...
CrowdStar takes a stab at a global gaming audience
Game maker CrowdStar is unveiling a new business strategy today to grow its game business into a multiplatform empire. The new strategy, which the company is...
Crowdpark raises $6M for social betting games
Crowdpark has raised $6 million for its social betting games business, it said today. Will Netflix’s CEO get fired? Will the economy tank in 2012? Will...
Pepsi and The X Factor embrace gamification with The Pepsi Sound Off
Gamification, or the use of game-like mechanics to make non-game apps more fun, is hitting the big time. Pepsi is announcing today it has...
Social games maker Idle Games raises $10 million
[Update: it looks like $4.5 million of the funding on the document is part of Idle Games’ last round, announced at TechCrunch Disrupt 2011....
Mobile social games firm Ngmoco hires chief marketing officer
Mobile social games firm Ngmoco has hired a former Mattel executive, Michael Staskin, as its chief marketing officer. His job will be to ensure that...