Goal! World Cup boosts EA sales
Electronic Arts, the Redwood City, Calif.-based video-games giant, reported better-than-expected first fiscal quarter earnings Tuesday. The World Cup boosted soccer game sales and existing titles...
Amazon Web Services sees $500M revenues, partly due to social games
Amazon.com probably doesn’t get enough credit for powering the growth of web services and cloud computing. Besides running its own e-commerce site, Amazon’s web...
ChinaJoy: The game show goes on, despite concerns that hardcore game growth is slowing
ChinaJoy, China’s equivalent of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), is famous for its thousands of show girls, new title releases, and the flashy sports...
The year’s top PC game: StarCraft II sells 1.5M copies in two days
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty sold more than 1.5 million copies in its first 48 hours, making it the top-selling PC game of the...
UltiZen raises $8M for game development outsourcing business
China’s UltiZen Games said it has raised $8 million for its game development outsourcing business in a third round of funding. Shanghai-based UltiZen makes...
Ubisoft partners with Richard Branson’s Virgin Gaming on tournament games
The big video game publisher Ubisoft has partnered with tournament game startup Virgin Gaming, giving a boost to billionaire Richard Branson’s latest attempt to...
Trilogy hopes to become a player with its Firefly casual online game platform
Trilogy Studios has zigged and zagged since its founding in 2005. But the game company believes it is zeroing in on a lucrative market...
Finding Fulfillment in Farming: Real Life vs. Farmville
Editor's note: Meghan dons her reporter's hat to explore what real-life farmers and Farmville farmers have in common. -Brett I love farmers markets. I'm...
Mass Effect 2’s “Suicide Mission” is a Little Premature
In Mass Effect 2’s provocative reveal trailer, BioWare introduced the concept of Commander Shepard dying. When I first watched the video, I was worried that my Shepard was gone – which is a disturbing thought considering that decision making and character building are such intrinsic aspects of the game.
Bitmob, Goozex, and a Chance to Win an Xbox 360 Halo: Reach LE Console!
Most gamers would probably agree that playing games solo can be fun, but going co-op is ideal. And so it goes with Bitmob. We’ve...