Angry Birds ready to catapult into China in quest for a billion fans
The Angry Birds game is one of the three most-pirated brands in China, behind Disney and Hello Kitty. But Angry Birds maker Rovio is...
Meet Roku 2: a video streaming box with motion-controlled gaming (video)
Roku, a company that produces boxes that stream web content to televisions, announced today that it is unveiling a new lineup of devices that...
WildTangent recruits game developers for Android launch
Online game service WildTangent has rounded up a trio of game publishers to provide titles for its upcoming Android games launch, the company announced today....
Hands-on with multiplayer Battlefield 3 on the PS 3
Battlefield 3 is one of the most-anticipated games of the year. The combat shooting video game isn’t coming out until Oct. 25, but Electronic...
Mobile social network Mig33 launches game developer platform
Mobile social network Mig33 is launching a program for game developers to create games for its platform that reaches more than 50 million users.....
Facebook describes how to design the best social games
What’s the key to making a successful Facebook game? Just ask Gareth Davis, a platform manager at Facebook, who has seen thousands of social...
Facebook’s biggest untapped opportunities for game developers
Zynga may look like the all-powerful, dominant game publisher on Facebook. But Facebook wants you to know it’s not too late to get in...
Microsoft tailors Azure cloud services to social game developers
Microsoft said today it is tailoring its Windows Azure cloud development platform for social game developers, making it much easier for them to develop,...
Updated: Facebook to share ad revenue with Zynga, SEC filing reveals
[Updated: Facebook has made a statement about the filing.] Social games maker Zynga it has a revenue-sharing agreement with Facebook. The agreement, disclosed in...
Review: Shadows of the Damned — Video Gaming’s First Supergroup?
Supergroups sound like a great idea on paper: take established artists, clump them together in one band and let them collaborate without interference. However, the same reasons that make the supergroup concept so exciting are often their undoing.