Playdom acquires Three Melons social game company in Argentina
Playdom, the fast-growing social gaming company in Silicon Valley, announced today that it has acquired Buenos Aires-based game development studio Three Melons. The terms...
Pixel Revolt: Special PAX East Edition — Responses Needed!
First of all, I'd like to once again thank everyone who came out to the Bitmob meet-up during PAX East and again say how...
I Went to PAX East and Lived to Tell the Tale!
Approximately 60,000 gamers from across the country converged in Boston over the weekend for the first PAX East video game expo. I made the...
Shank Preview: Blood, Guts, and Story
Editor’s note: Check out Meghan’s interesting look at Klei Entertainment’s upcoming Shank. It features a rich, attractive art style — here’s hoping that it’s...
Vivaty shuts down site for user-generated virtual scenes
Virtual world company Vivaty announced on its site today that it will shut down its user-generated “virtual scenes” site on April 16, another victim...
China online games market to hit $9.2B in revenues by 2014
China’s online games market is set to nearly triple to $9.2 billion in annual revenue by 2014, according to market researcher Niko Partners. Revenue...
Scoreloop offers new ways to make money off mobile social games
Scoreloop is announcing today that its social game platform can now more easily support new ways to monetize mobile games on the iPhone and...
PrimeSense confirms its motion sensors used in Microsoft’s Project Natal
PrimeSense has confirmed that its 3D sensing and recognition technology will be used in Microsoft’s Project Natal, one of the biggest changes coming for...
PAX East 2010 Photos
The sign said "Restrooms", but we were headed for… …this line. Which wasn't even half of the line for the first day. These beanbags...
Musings of a Gamer: Have Games Changed America?
Editor's note: Mike's posts are always thought provoking, and this one is no exception. I wonder how we will regard video games in the...