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...
8D World raises a round for secret online fantasy world
Gaming startup 8D World, which is currently operating in stealth mode, has raised a first round of funding to create a new virtual world...
Indian outsourcing firm Quattro and D.E. Shaw buy game-outsourcing firm Babel
Indian outsourcing firm Quattro and investment firm D.E. Shaw Group have bought a majority stake in the video game outsourcing firm Babel. The purchase...
New MMO games startup, Meteor Games, to target youth demographic
A new independent game development studio, Meteor Games, launched today with Adam Powell and Donna Williams at the helm — the two entrepreneurs who...
Gaia Online tees up its massively multiplayer online game
Gaia Online has built one of the biggest online hangouts for teens over the past five years. Think of it as an online shopping...
EA star leaves to start iPhone games company, Ngmoco
The iPhone’s remaking of the cell phone business is creating opportunities for new start-ups, particularly in the game field. That’s why one of the...
Another day, another billion-dollar Blizzard franchise
Blizzard Entertainment had a lot of buzz about its newest game leading up to its European event at the Porte de Versailles event center...
Disney shows off E3 titles that will earn it some gamer cred
LOS ANGELES–Disney Interactive Studios previewed what it said was the best of its E3 video game trade show line-up last week, as part of...
Q&A with Insomniac Games chief Ted Price on cloning the golden goose
Ted Price is one of the stalwarts of video game development. He founded Insomniac Games as an independent video game development studio in 1994....
Don’t expect to see many PC games at upcoming E3 game show
As the video game industry gears up for its annual E3 conference in July, the reality is setting in that the one-time entertainment extravaganza...