China’s crackdown on virtual goods transactions could ripple through the game economy
China’s new crackdown on the fast-growing virtual goods industry has many possible outcomes, both good and bad for game publishers. Those publishers make most...
PlaySpan expands into new countries with prepaid game cards
PlaySpan said today it has expanded into Brazil, Turkey and other countries with its Ultimate Game Card, a prepaid card sold in stores that...
AMD stirs up hype with limited-edition processors
Advanced Micro Devices’ latest microprocessor is so rare you can’t even buy one. The AMD Phenom II X4 42 Black Edition TWKR processor is...
Rumors surface of a PlayStation cell phone
Sony Ericsson is reportedly working on a phone that combines PlayStation games with a cell phone. It’s not the first time that such rumors...
Warner Bros. likely to buy bankrupt Mortal Kombat maker Midway Games
The game division of film studio Warner Bros. is expected to buy Midway Games, the once mighty owner of the Mortal Kombat franchise. The...
Sony names a deputy chief for its games business
Sony has named Kunimasa Suzuki, a veteran of its Vaio computer business, as the deputy president of its video game business. Suzuki will report...
Hollywood’s appetite for game-based movies continues with “Uncharted”
The appetite for game-based movies isn’t slowing down as Columbia Pictures plans to produce a movie adaptation of Sony’s hit game Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune....
Digital Chocolate rolls out three iPhone games in a day
It may have been late to the iPhone, but video game company Digital Chocolate is trying to make up for lost time. Today, it’s...
Heyzap introduces virtual goods system for Flash web games
Flash games supported by advertising have been hit hard by the recession. But Heyzap hopes to help the masses of Flash game developers with...
World of Warcraft faces rocky transition to new operator in China
If you take away the drug of the people, you should expect dire consequences. In China, World of Warcraft has been inoperative since June...