Kabam will launch The Godfather Five Families social game on Facebook
Kabam is going Hollywood. The hardcore Facebook game publisher is announcing today that it has a deal with Paramount to make an empire-building social...
GameStop pulls coupon for free OnLive Deus Ex: Human Revolution copy from physical PC game
Video game retailer GameStop has admitted to removing coupons from boxed PC versions of Deus Ex: Human Revolution for free versions of the game...
China’s PapayaMobile reveals strong growth stats for mobile games
PapayaMobile, China-based maker of a mobile social networking platform for Android phones, now has more than 25 million users, up 940 percent since January...
Bunchball gamifies Salesforce.com and launches game widgets
Bunchball is trying to “gamify” every web site in the world via tools that make sites more game-like. Its new Nitro for Salesforce.com uses game-like...
News Blips: Blizzard defends always-on Diablo 3, From Dust DRM heads out, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, and more
Today, the dangers of offline, single-player-mode hackers are more apparent than ever. Thanks to Blizzard, honest gamers can breathe easy and — OK, wait,...
Zynga expands its game cards to distributors in Europe and Turkey
Zynga‘s quest is to get the whole world to play social games. To make that happen, the company has to set up payment mechanisms...
Video Blips: Deus Ex, Gears of War 3, Red Orchestra 2, and more
I startled my roommates this morning by announcing Deus Ex: Human Revolution's release with a carefully positioned turret hack and a simultaneous cloaked arm-blade...
The handheld gamer’s dilemma
The first console I ever owned was a clunky, yellow Game Boy. I loved that giant blob of plastic; it kept me occupied on...
French investor pours money into Online Warmongers at $50M valuation
Paris-based Cybergun, a maker of fancy toy guns, said today that it has acquired 50 percent of Online Warmongers, the maker of the free-to-play...
Social incubator YouWeb raises $2M
Technology company incubator YouWeb has spawned incredibly successful social and mobile game companies. Now the Burlingame, Calif.-based incubator has raised $2 million in funding...