Oberon’s Blaze platform to burn down walls between social and casual games
Oberon Media is launching its Blaze platform today to allow casual game publishers to spread their social games to any platform. The aim is...
Microsoft to sell Kinect motion-sensing system for $149
Confirming earlier rumors, Microsoft said today it will start selling its Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360 on Nov. 4 for $149. Kinect,...
With more than 1M users, Raptr formally launches social network for gamers
Raptr has more than a million users of its gamer social network, which has been in testing for more than two years. So now...
Offerpal launches SocialKast to recruit social game fans on any site
Offerpal Media got stung last week when it was told it wouldn’t be providing special ad offers for Facebook’s new Facebook Credits virtual currency...
New iPhone Game Teaches You How to Bartend
Editor's note: I thought about retitling this one as New Game Promises to Rot Brain, Liver, but then I chickened out. -Demian Nimble Strong:...
Arkadium partners up with GSN as it pushes further into games on Facebook
There’s a big pot of gold awaiting casual game publishers who properly adapt their games to Facebook. Online casual game maker Arkadium is making...
Big Fish Games hits 1 billion downloads of its casual games
Big Fish Games said today its users have downloaded more than 1 billion copies of its casual games from its web portal. That’s a...
MindJolt’s DeWolfe explains plans for a rollup in social games
Chris DeWolfe is the man who founded MySpace and made it a social networking sensation, beating out Friendster and becoming the biggest social network...
Sony’s alliance with Codename to generate new games for Sony Home virtual world
Sony is announcing a deal with indie video-game label Codename to bring a series of independently developed social video games to the Sony Home...
Live Gamer signs up THQ as big game publishers embrace virtual goods
Virtual goods company Live Gamer is announcing today that video game publisher THQ will use its virtual goods and micro-transaction platform for free-to-play online...