Will Martian water discovery fuel interest in sci-fi Blue Mars world?
The discovery of water on Mars might spur a lot of interest in the science fiction dream of terraforming the Red Planet into a...
Intel to Nvidia: It’s time for you to die, Mr. Bond
Intel is in that part of the James Bond movie where the bad guy talks about how he’s going to eliminate Bond, which in...
Q&A: Microsoft game exec John Schappert talks about Xbox Live, Netflix deal, and Blu-ray
John Schappert is the corporate vice president who runs pieces of Microsoft’s game business such as its Xbox Live online gaming service. One of...
Ngmoco raises Kleiner Perkins funding for iPhone games, puts Bing Gordon on board
iPhone games publisher Ngmoco has raised a first round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Kleiner Perkins partner Bing Gordon, the...
Google testing “AdSense for Games” in bid to shake up in-game advertising
Google is the sleeping giant when it comes to advertising in video games. While the company dominates search advertising, it has yet to make...
Placementspot.com creates matchmaking service for in-game ads
The market for in-game advertising — or piping ads into games via Internet connections on the fly — is nascent. But it’s starting to...
Nintendo knocks it out of the park again in second quarter console battle
Nintendo reported a stellar second-quarter again. Now it is clearly running away with the console war in terms of units sold and profits made....
More video game publishers embrace Comic-Con show
SAN DIEGO, CA— The Comic-Con show is on the rise, with so many game companies showing up there to unveil new games that it...
Nintendo sales chief Cammie Dunaway on the quest for a broader game market
Hardcore gamers threw a fit when Nintendo didn’t talk much about hardcore games at its E3 press conference in Los Angeles. But the company...
Heatwave Interactive raises round to become a games incubator
Heatwave Interactive has quietly built a studio to incubate video games and other media. It’s the brainchild of Antony Castoro, a seasoned game developer...