Glu Mobile raises $13.5M in private placement as it expands to smartphone games
Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile has raised $13.5 million in a private placement as it aims to expand its position in smartphone games. The...
Nintendo cutting prices on its older DS handhelds on Sept. 12
Nintendo is cutting the prices of its older handheld game systems, the Nintendo DSi and the Nintendo DSi XL, on Sept. 12 as it...
Reviews Spotlight: Valiant Princes, Pocket Monsters, and the G-Man
We're calling this week's Reviews Spotlight the "Back to School Special." With Team Rocket running loose and talk of Half-Life 2: Episode 3, we...
Casual Games: An Effective Defense Against Unwanted Social Encounters
Editor's note: Ben provides an interesting take on the stigma attached to gaming. He suggests that rather than fight against it, we should use...
The Groan-Inducing Humor of Dragon Quest IX
Dragon Quest IX has some of the cheesiest writing I've ever seen in a video game. The game is great, even to someone like...
The Goozex Top 10, August 27 Edition
As part of our partnership with game-trading site Goozex, we'll be bringing you a regular top 10 list from the site, which measures users'...
Sony’s PlayStation Move: A Hard Sell
Editor's note: While editing this article, I learned that the PlayStation Move launches in just over three weeks. I had no idea. (I knew...
DiscoveryBeat “Needle in the Haystack” business contest
If you’re a content publisher these days, you’re probably feeling like a needle in a haystack. How on earth will you ever get found,...
PlaySpan snags a gaming icon as its sales chief
Game-monetization company PlaySpan is announcing today that it is hiring Stevana Case as its vice president of sales and business development. Though she is...
Halo: Reach won’t be a disappointment for 30 million waiting fans
Everything about Halo: Reach will seem familiar to the video game franchise’s 30 million fans. That’s both a blessing and a curse for the...