Roundup: Apple backdating probe dropped, AMD takes big write-off, Webroot founder missing
updated Apple criminal backdating probes dropped: It’s a happy day for Apple, and not just because of the iPhone 3G launch. The criminal backdating...
Interview: Gameloft gung ho about iPhone gaming
PARIS—The largest mobile game publisher in the world, Gameloft, has a line-up of six games ready for today’s launch of Apple’s new App Store,...
Riot Games raises round for quick-hit 3D online games
Venture capitalists tend to stay away from funding game developers because games are considered a hit or miss business. But Riot Games has convinced...
Yahoo Games shifts to free games in alliance with two game ad start-ups
Yahoo Games is the giant of online game portals with 18 million unique visitors a month. But the company is shaking things up as...
Why Microsoft is cutting its Xbox 360 price on Sunday
Microsoft’s plan to cut $50 off the price of its Xbox 360 Pro video game console is all over the web. The company is...
Investors pour $161 million into 16 virtual worlds in second quarter
Google blessed the virtual world market with its own entry yesterday. But it is hardly alone. Investors poured $161 million in 16 virtual world...
WorldWinner’s CATCH 21 online game becomes a TV show
The borders between media are porous. WorldWinner, an online skill-based game company, proved that today when it announced that its “CATCH 21” game will...
GCube Ventures to invest in game companies at all stages
The $50 billion video game industry is rife with opportunities, so it only makes sense that someone is creating a venture capital firm that...
Can Scrabble fight Scrabulous on Facebook?
Electronic Arts has taken many months to get its official Hasbro-licensed version of Scrabble onto the Web at Pogo.com and Facebook, but it’s launching...
Electronic Arts expands its casual game line-up
Electronic Arts is going after the casual consumer on multiple fronts. It offers Pogo.com online and EA Mobile for cell phone users (which will...