Aeria Games joins the mobile-gaming fray
Aeria Games, one of the players in the free-to-play online game market, is moving into mobile games with the announcement today of its Aeria...
DEMO Asia: 3 startups find new ways to gamify life
A version of this story originally appeared on SGEntrepreneurs and is published here with permission. This week’s DEMO Asia saw several startups pitch new ways to...
Minecraft creator distributes nearly 3 million dollars to fellow employees
Minecraft creator Markus Persson, better known as Notch, distributed almost three million dollars in dividends to his fellow employees at Mojang, 25 in all....
Angry Birds gets gesture controls
Not content with being flung into space, the Angry Birds behemoth is evolving alongside the popularity of motion control. SoftKinetic, a leading developer of...
Kiip entices more game developers into its mobile-rewards network
Rewards-network Kiip is about to kick off a big effort to get more game developers to use its mobile program. The company is announcing...
Did the Skyrim map app update just eat all of your in-app purchases?
Bethesda recently released The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Official World Interactive Map app for the iPhone and iPad. Free-to-download, the app provides an interactive...
Dylan’s Desk: You will soon be using a Kinect, even if you don’t have an Xbox
In Microsoft's vision of the future, Kinect sensors are everywhere: In your living room, your kitchen, at school, and even in the supermarket, above the fruit display.
And why not? The $150 motion-sensing device provides a cheap way to add gesture and voice controls to any application.
John Schappert explains Zygna’s strategy for moving beyond Facebook (interview)
John Schappert is the chief operating officer at Zynga. Today, the company is releasing one of his team’s big projects, formerly code-named Project Z,...
Zynga launches Zynga.com, to expand beyond Facebook in a big way
In a gigantic strategic step, Zynga announced today that it is launching a new Zynga.com destination website where users can play its social games...
The high cost of being indie (infographic)
Being indie ain’t easy. Without the safety blanket of a publisher or the wallet of an angel investor, many indie devs rely on personal...