The new chain gang: Chinese prisoners forced to play for virtual goods
The Guardian is reporting that prisoners in labor camps in China were forced to play online games like World of Warcraft in 12 hour...
Kabam raises $85M for hardcore social gaming business
Here’s a “kaboom” for all those social game skeptics out there. Kabam has raised $85 million in a fourth round of funding to fuel...
Japan’s DeNA loses a visionary of global mobile social network
Japanese game maker DeNA, which announced it was buying iPhone game maker Ngmoco for up to $403 million last October in a move to...
More than a game: When development becomes a lifesaving mission
Hannah Montana the game, Joe Montana Football, and Scarface’s Tony Montana. Type “Montana video game developers” into Google and references to these titles will...
Our next set of speakers for GamesBeat 2011
Today we’re revealing the second set of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our slate of speakers will include David Ko, senior...
Final Xbox founder leaves Microsoft
Otto Berkes, one of the primary founders of the original Xbox, has left Microsoft after 18 years at the company. His departure marks the...
Peak Games raises $5M for social gaming
Turkish game publisher Peak Games has raised $5 million to make social games for emerging markets. The deal shows that investors are looking beyond...
Finland’s Supercell raises $12M for hardcore real-time social games
Finnish game developer Supercell has raised $12 million in funding for its hardcore real-time social gaming business. The investment shows the increasing appetite for...
Updated: How many ways can THQ’s Space Marine game rip off Gears of War?
The second I looked at THQ‘s Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine video game, I figured I had seen it before. The sci-fi game may be...
TinyCo spreads the wealth with $5M fund for mobile game developers
TinyCo raised $18 million in February to expand its mobile game business on the iPhone. Now it is spreading the wealth around by launching...