Trion World Network raises $70 million for server-based online games
Trion World Network announced it has raised $70 million in a third round of funding to finance its massively multiplayer online games for the...
Nvidia cuts 360 jobs to deal with sinking financial performance
Buffeted by renewed competition in graphics chips and other problems, Nvidia said today it expects to lay off about 360 employees, or about 6.5...
Social Gaming Network acquires (fluff)Friends virtual pet game
Social Gaming Network has acquired (fluff)Friends, a Facebook virtual pet game maker. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Palo Alto, Calif.,-based SGN is...
Q&A: EA’s Ben Bell on making The Sims 3
With over 100 million copies sold across the globe, The Sims is more than a game franchise for Electronic Arts. It’s an entire division,...
Facebook’s virtual economy may be making up to $100 million this year
[Editor’s note: We’ve been tracking the growth of games on social networks. Here’s the latest look at how much Facebook and third party game...
DEMOfall 08: Sims Ops Studios debuts cute social game creation tool
Sim Ops Studios debuted a cute tool for creating 3-D games in a web browser. The Wild Pockets platform gives ordinary users the tools...
Q&A with Will Wright on the launch of Spore
Will Wright is the rock star of the video game industry. His games are almost always hits and have generated billions of dollars in...
Xbox 360 defects: an inside history of Microsoft’s video game console woes
When his fourth Xbox 360 video game console died in April, Chris Szarek wasn’t surprised. The Chicopee, Mass. gamer was accustomed to the hardware...
Grand Theft Auto IV tops 10 million sold
“Grand Theft Auto IV” is on its way to breaking records, despite a feared slowdown in sales. Take-Two Interactive reported that it has sold...
Microsoft slashes Xbox 360 prices
Microsoft cut Xbox 360 prices on all three of its console versions today. The $50 to $79 price cuts mean that Microsoft will have...