Who’s got game? Introducing the GamesBeat 2009 startup competition
Who’s got game? That’s what we’ll be asking during a special competition happening at VentureBeat’s inaugural games conference for the industry’s top players, on March...
Meteor Solutions to help marketers track viral media as it spreads
Word of mouth marketing has seen an explosion in the Internet age. YouTube videos from complete unknowns can reach hundreds of millions of viewers...
RocketOn launches parallel virtual worlds with six partners
RocketOn is announcing today that it has launched its parallel virtual worlds platform with six partner web sites. The partners are Comedy.com (pictured at...
iPhone owners account for 14 percent of mobile game downloaders
The iPhone is gaining momentum as a game platform, as we noted back in November. Owners of iPhones accounted for 14 percent of all...
Google Earth now travels the world — and the seven seas
Google Earth is one of Google’s most intriguing projects. It’s a stand-alone program (not a web application) that shows our planet in 3D. But...
Game unit sales rise in U.S. and U.K., but Japan declines
A joint report by three market researchers shows that video game unit sales rose in the U.S. and United Kingdom in 2008, but fell...
Raptr signs up Razer to distribute a gamer social network with a mouse
Raptr and Razer have struck an interesting co-marketing deal. Razer makes high-precision computer mice for gamers, while Raptr has started a social network for...
Mixm8 developing a virtual world for music lovers
Outso is developing a new virtual world dubbed Mixm8 for music lovers. In the world, you can meet friends, organize and attend music gigs,...
THQ lays off 100, focuses wireless games on smart phones only
THQ has laid off 100 employees as a result of a decision to focus its wireless division on making games for smart phones. The...
42 Entertainment creates alternate reality game for new film, The International
42 Entertainment pioneered the alternate-reality game. Mixing real-life with a fictional story, these games are viral marketing campaigns for a variety of media. Now...