YoYo Games unveils GameMaker: Studio for cross-platform development
YoYo Games has retrofitted an existing game engine to create GameMaker: Studio, a cross-platform development tool. It allows developers to create games easily and...
Google enters the content business: Machinima closes $35M round
Machinima has raised a fat $35 round of funding led by search engine giant Google, the company confirmed yesterday. News of Machinima’s new funding...
RocketFrog wants to revolutionize online gambling with real-world prizes
Online game company RocketFrog wants to revitalize virtual gambling by offering real-world prizes to players.
Plant a money tree in Farmville as Zynga and American Express launch new rewards program
Social gaming giant Zynga has connected with credit company American Express to provide a rewards program where users can receive virtual game rewards for using their real-life American Express card.
The future of fighting games
There has been a lot of discussion lately about making fighting games more accessible, and with good reason: The genre is in danger of...
Arkham City’s Game of the Year box art is slightly less horrible in the UK (images)
Images obtained from Reddit suggest that our friends in the United Kingdom will be getting a less cluttered cover.
Gaming art for your Facebook Timeline (Part 2: Modern-Retro)
Delicious Timeline cover images of "modern-retro" video games like Resident Evil 4, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for your Facebook profile.
ArenaNet president discusses careful monetization of Guild Wars 2, the least greedy Western MMO
GamesBeat sat down with studio president Mike O’Brien to talk about making a sequel to the game that turned the AAA MMO model on its head.
God of War: Ascension To Feature Multiplayer
While there's a cavernous niche carved out of the online market by first and third-person shooters, you can't really say the same for slashy...
How Ghost Recon is gunning to take over the hardcore and social markets (interview)
Chris Early, vice president of digital publishing at Ubisoft, explains his company's strategies on Facebook, how they're coordinating three different Ghost Recon products, and most importantly, how they're going to make money on these ambitious plans.