CasualCafe to launch Facebook games for casual players
CasualCafe has joined the ranks of game companies looking to make a fortune with games on Facebook. The Los Angeles company has launched its...
E3: hate it or love it? Game industry wrestles with how to boost next year’s show
There are so many posts going up about who loved or hated E3 that the discussion over the show format is overshadowing coverage of...
E3 perspective: Q&A with Chairman Strauss Zelnick on the future of Take-Two Interactive
Strauss Zelnick is chairman of Take-Two Interactive, the hottest video game company on the planet thanks to its popular Grand Theft Auto IV, which...
Gaming market company PlaySpan buys gaming-goods purchase company PayByCash
PlaySpan offers an application that video game players can download and use to trade, buy or sell virtual goods and other products. It has...
E3 perspective: An interview with John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts
John Riccitiello has been driving a lot of change at Electronic Arts. He was president and chief operating officer of the big independent video...
Dean’s top ten video games of E3
As promised, I’ve followed up on my most anticipated games of E3 with an actual list of the top ten games of the show....
E3 trendspotting: Game publishers turning more to girl gamers
LOS ANGELES—With the influx of fresh new gamers, thanks in large part to the popularity of mass-market game machines, the DS and the Wii,...
Aurora Feint: A great iPhone game — and it’s free.
While it’s hardly a surprise that games are popular in Apple’s new App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, it is surprising how...
The top 10 sleeper video games of E3
The big video games of the E3 Media and Business Summit have been blasted across magazine covers and websites for the past few months,...
Microsoft hits profit target for Xbox 360 business
Microsoft’s video game and entertainment business was profitable for the first time in its history for the fiscal year ended June 30, the company...