Video Blips: Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Debut, Dead Rising 2, Lost Planet 2, and More
If you enjoy stylized realism and an ample amount of cel-shading, then this fighting game might strike your fancy. Oh, and it's Marvel vs....
Warner Bros. acquires Lord of the Rings Online game publisher Turbine
The world of Middle Earth is no longer divided, at least when it comes to video game and film property rights. Warner Bros. has...
Reed Hastings puts money in startup that mixes learning and games
Reed Hastings, chief executive of Netflix, said his passion for education led him to the acquisition today of DreamBox Learning, an education game startup...
Zynga’s Mark Pincus: Time for Facebook to choose
Facebook’s biggest partner had a suggestion for the adolescent social network: figure out what it wants to be when it grows up. “Facebook is...
Five ways to make great social games from Zynga’s Mark Pincus
Mark Pincus, chief executive of Zynga, runs the most successful social game company on Facebook, with more than 252 million monthly active users for...
Boring website? Step on up to the Heyzap Social Games Bar
Heyzap is announcing today that it is launching a “social games bar” that companies can integrate into their websites to add 30,000 games available...
EA Playfish exec: the billion-dollar social game is achievable
Someone is going to create a social game that pulls in a billion dollars a year in short order, said Sebastien DeHalleux, vice president...
Will motion controls kill traditional game controllers?
Before 1983, video games controls were clunky. Instead of thumbs and fingers to play, palms and entire fists were used to push, pull, and...
Netflix chief and Charter Fund buy education game startup DreamBox Learning
Netflix chief executive Reed Hastings and the non-profit venture capital firm Charter Fund have acquired DreamBox Learning for an undisclosed price. The new owners...
Offerpal becomes one-stop shop for ads and offers
In a move to broaden its appeal to advertisers, Offerpal Media is expanding into the ad network business. Today, Offerpal’s main business is running...