More new speakers for GamesBeat 2011
Today we’re revealing the fourth set of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our slate of speakers will include Tim Merel, managing...
Activision's Call of Duty boss Eric Hirshberg is ready for battle
Eric Hirshberg is the chief executive of Activision Publishing, a big chunk of the world’s largest video game company, Activision Blizzard. Among his duties...
June 2011 Bitmob Writing Challenge: Knights of the Roundtable
Writing an article to express your unique point of view is great and all, but at the end of the day, you're only one...
Nexon launches first Facebook game: MapleStory Adventures
South Korea’s Nexon has specialized in making big downloadable role-playing and action games on the web. But the company is adapting to the new...
Zynga sues Brazilian copycat Vostu for copyright infringement
Social game company Zynga on Thursday filed a lawsuit against fellow game company Vostu for blatant copyright infringement, suggesting that Vostu exists only to...
Social game firm CrowdStar moves into mobile with Top Girl
Already a big player in Facebook games, social game maker CrowdStar is expanding into mobile today with the launch of an iPhone game called...
Redbox jumps into video game rentals
Redbox, which runs several kiosks in stores that let individuals rent movie DVDs at cheap rates, announced Thursday that it is introducing video game...
Next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack hits Xbox Live later this month (video)
Activision Blizzard announced Thursday that it will publish the third map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox Live at the end...
Kinect software development kit is now live
Microsoft announced today that it is releasing a beta development kit that will let software developers tap into the company’s Xbox 360 motion controller,...
Unity launches new version of 3D game engine technology
Hoping to close the graphics quality gap with game tool makers that focus on console-quality graphics, Unity Technologies is launching a new version of...