When playing Heroes of Newerth, beware of trolls
What did I have to lose when I tried a newly free-to-play hybrid of real-time strategy and tower defense? My dignity, apparently. Let me...
Video game rentals move online as GameFly follows Netflix
GameFly, the top video game rental subscription service, is following in the footsteps of movie service Netflix by launching a digital distribution business. Customers...
With EA’s The Sims Social, has Zynga met its match? (hands on)
Done this before Electronic Arts already tried to make an online version of The Sims when it released The Sims Online back in 2002....
Organic Motion launches new platform to capture motion
Organic Motion is launching a new generation of its motion-capture system for getting an accurate 3D digital representation of a human body in motion,...
Nanigans raises $3M for Facebook ad platform
Nanigans said it has raised $3 million in a first round of funding for its Facebook advertising platform. Boston-based Nanigans has created a real-time...
Online game company Outspark appoints new CEO after founder departs (exclusive)
Online gaming firm Outspark announced a new chief executive today, promoting its No. 2 executive to replace outgoing founder Susan Choe. The new CEO...
Will Zynga still try to go public?
In the game industry, all eyes will fall to Zynga and whether or not it will still go public in the face of the...
Power to the people: Why corporate branding is bad for games
I can remember a time when the famous 20th Century Fox logo and fanfare meant only one thing to me: Star Wars. I don’t...
As games underwhelm, Take-Two Interactive misses Wall Street targets
Take-Two Interactive reported solid quarterly earnings and revenues, but fell short of Wall Street’s expectations. It was a tough day to report earnings, as...
Former Microsoft games chief joins Zipline Games board
Zipline Games, creator of the Moai game development platform, announced today it has recruited former Microsoft game studio chief Shane Kim to its board....