Mark Zuckerberg credits games for Facebook’s rapid growth
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said he fully appreciates the value of games to the growth of Facebook. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in...
Google investor John Doerr: Zynga is our best company ever
John Doerr, the legendary Silicon Valley venture capitalist, gave high praise to Zynga, the leading social game company, saying it was one of the...
All Points Bulletin goes free to play, but will that save it from being a bad game?
Well this is awkward. GamersFirst, an operator of free-to-play online games, announced today that it has acquired the rights to the 2010 flop of...
What October’s drop in video-game sales means
U.S. video-game store sales fell 4 percent in October, largely because of a weak sales month for new hardware. Is that good or bad?...
Language in Video Games: Often Not Required
Recently, I decided to take up the seemingly daunting task of learning Japanese. In order to facilitate this process, I’ve been trying to limit...
Russian investor finds niche in letting Facebook and others postpone IPOs
In years past, Silicon Valley companies were always in a rush to go public. But Yuri Milner, the founder of Russian investment firm DST,...
Activision drops the hammer on Bizarre Creations’ 200 employees
Bizarre Creations, the creator of games like Project Gotham Racing, learned the hard way today what happens when you release a game to even...
Who needs Facebook? Zynga launches first two games on Yahoo
Following through on a plan to diversify beyond Facebook, Zynga has launched its first two games on Yahoo’s network of web sites. The previously...
PapayaMobile releases tools to help developers create Android mobile games
PapayaMobile is launching a set of tools today that will make it easier for developers to make Android games. The Beijing-based company already makes...
News Blips: New Poll on Video-Game Violence, Nintendo’s Next Console, Super Meat Boy Sale, and More
I can draw only one conclusion from all of these polls regarding video-game violence: Americans do not make sense. News Blips: A new poll...