July video game numbers show Nintendo way out ahead, Sony edging out Microsoft
The July U.S. video game sales numbers show that Nintendo is way out ahead but Sony has beaten Microsoft yet again in the battle...
Electronic Arts signs a couple of key developers: Epic Games and Grasshopper Manufacture
Expanding its push into high-quality game talent, Electronic Arts has signed up two new game development firms to produce future titles. The partners include...
Q&A: an interview with Sega’s Simon Jeffery on monkeying around with iPhone games and the Wii
Simon Jeffery is the president of Sega of America. He joined the U.S. arm of the Japanese publisher, famous for games such as Sonic...
Blizzard cuts deal with NetEase.com to take Starcraft II to China
The original “StarCraft” is one of the most successful video games of all time. The sci-fi real-time strategy game debuted more than a decade...
AMD takes the single-card speed crown from Nvidia with dual-graphics card
Tipping the see-saw battle yet again in the battle for the hearts of hardcore PC gamers, Advanced Micro Devices is announcing a PC graphics...
Wicked Interactive will launch online games from Korean publisher
Online game companies are coming out of the woodworks. One strategy is to take the newly popular “free to play” model from Asia and...
Knowledge Adventure raises $5 million to make jump from kids games to virtual worlds
Plenty of companies are making the shift from video games to virtual worlds. Knowledge Adventure is the latest as it announced today it has...
Nvidia encourages new generation of visual computing startups
I can remember the first interview I did with Jen-Hsun Huang, chief executive of Nvidia, back when the company was coming out of stealth...
MyGameMug categorizes and matches gamers
Gamers spend a lot their time online and communicate often with friends. That’s why everybody wants to rope them into a social network. But...
Total Immersion blurs real and virtual in theme parks
Home video game consoles became so good at 3-D graphics that they nearly wiped out the location-based electronic entertainment business. But Total Immersion believes...