Roar Engine shows how to build a game in four minutes
Roar Engine got up on stage today at MobileBeat 2011 and showed us how they could build a social game in four minutes. The company did...
Here are GamesBeat’s 2011 startup standouts
VentureBeat’s GamesBeat conference features a competition for gaming companies that have some kind of innovative or disruptive technology. This year, the competition features a...
Sony’s network guru: PlayStation Network downtime was a ‘great experience’
Most companies would call a hacking attack that brings a critical service offline a disaster. Sony’s president of network entertainment Tim Schaaff thinks it’s...
Tapjoy CEO lashes out at Apple for restricting choice, revenue
Tapjoy CEO Mihir Shah is upset at Apple, and he’s not afraid to let his anger show. Shah took the stage at MobileBeat 2011...
iSwifter snags 500K users to play Facebook games on the iPad (updated)
iSwifter, the company that can stream Flash-based Facebook games so they can be played on the iPad, said that users have downloaded the iSwifter...
Sony starts $20M fund to secure PlayStation Network exclusives
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable manufacturer Sony has started a $20 million program to fund independent developers making exclusive downloadable games for its consoles,...
Badgeville raises $12M to lead the way in gamification
Gamification startup Badgeville has raised $12 million in a second round of funding to add game-like features to non-game applications. Kris Duggan, chief executive of...
Kontagent brings social gaming analytics to mobile devices (exclusive)
Social gaming analytics provider Kontagent is bringing its analytics tools to mobile apps, the company announced Wednesday. It’s typically harder to collect data on...
Updated: Is Angry Birds maker Rovio in the process of raising more funding?
[Update: Another audience member also asked if Rovio was raising money, to which a representative of the company said it was serious about raising...
The value of Bitmob
I ran into Bitmob co-founder Dan "Shoe" at E3 this year and began telling him a story. He put me on hold until we...