Marketing whiz tries to juice Sony’s PlayStation business in Europe
Sony has played executive musical chairs in its game division once again. Andrew House, until recently the chief marketing officer for all of Sony,...
Nintendo to launch this summer the long-awaited Wii MotionPlus to improve controller accuracy
Nintendo announced today that it will launch Wii Sports Resort, a sequel to its flagship console game Wii Sports, and an improved version of...
Microsoft revises warranties to cover new E74 defects for Xbox 360
More stories are popping up about a new flaw in the Xbox 360 dubbed the E74 bug, named for the error code that appears onscreen...
Late to the iPhone, Trip Hawkins’ Digital Chocolate falls in love with it
We’ve written about how new developers are enamored with the iPhone. But Trip Hawkins (founder of Electronic Arts) admits that his mobile game company,...
Virtual reality via nanobot injection? Ray Kurzweil says it’s the future
Virtual reality has long promised a way to create an immersive illusion so convincing you can’t tell the fake from the real. Futurist Ray...
iPhone devotion blinds Silicon Valley app developers
The rush to develop iPhone applications is blinding Silicon Valley software developers to other platforms with potentially wide global audiences, most notably Nokia’s Ovi...
Brightkite, a mobile location-sharing service, merges with Limbo
Brightkite, a social network that lets users share their location on mobile phones, has merged with Limbo, a Silicon Valley company with a rather...
OTX launches GamePlan online surveys for game publishers
Game companies have had to steer blind when it comes to marketing research in advance of major video game launches. Too often, research from...
Oil co. Terralliance runs out of cash — should have reconsidered the Russian jets
[Update: After speaking to a source close to the situation at Terralliance, some of the information in this post merits correction. The company turned...
BioWare’s founders envision Dragon Age Origins as dark heroic fantasy universe
Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk are the medical doctors who found a second career in video games. They’re the co-chief executives of BioWare, the...