Categories Posted inin Technology Swinefighter game spreads like a virus Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 29, 2009 1 min A casual web game dubbed Swinefighter is catching on like a virus. The game’s popularity comes on the heels of a global panic about...
Categories Posted inin Technology Will brands like USA Network kill garage iPhone developers? Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 29, 2009 2 min USA Network, a large entertainment company, launched its first game for the iPhone today: A word puzzle game dubbed Letter Matrix. This is a...
Categories Posted inin Technology Brazilian startup Hoplon Infotainment goes global with Taikodom online game Posted byby GamesBeat April 27, 2009 5 min FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL — Hot Brazilian startup Hoplon Infotainment is gearing up to go global late this year or early 2010 with Taikodom, the first...
Categories Posted inin Technology Konami cancels realistic Six Days in Fallujah video game Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 27, 2009 2 min After an outcry in the U.S., Japanese video game maker Konami has decided to cancel its Six Days in Fallujah video game. The game...
Categories Posted inin Technology Game and virtual world fundings reach $936.8 million in 2008 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 27, 2009 5 min This is a second update to our game and virtual worlds funding list. Here we’re adding new data from Jussi Laakkonen’s blog. Previously, we...
Categories Posted inin Technology Nonoba casual-game platform signs up 100 customers in first month Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 25, 2009 1 min In just one month, Danish startup Nonoba said it has signed up 100 customers for its GameRise content management system, which makes it easy...
Categories Posted inin Technology Exploit ’em while you can: Saving Captain Phillips game Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 24, 2009 1 min Reality games have a rich tradition of picking up on current events and using interest in them to sell games. The latest to do...
Categories Posted inin Technology Can casual game Virtual Families take a chunk out of The Sims? Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 22, 2009 3 min Last Day of Work is launching a new casual web game dubbed Virtual Families today. It’s a family simulation game that hopes to carve...
Categories Posted inin Technology Will the game industry slow, or is it just getting started? Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 21, 2009 16 min I’m giving a speech today in Berlin, Germany at the Quo Vadis game conference. I was asked to talk about the state of the...
Categories Posted inin Technology Can graphics chip startup Caustic nab itself loyal developers? Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 20, 2009 2 min Caustic Graphics is launching an effort today to woo software developers to its new ray tracing graphics chip debuting in 2010. A rare startup...