Latest Lord of the Rings game doesn’t quite measure up
I’ve just finished playing the single-player campaign of Lord of the Rings: Conquest, developed by the Pandemic Studios division of Electronic Arts. And I...
Two game firms merge to form Blade Games
Vyk Games and Digini are announcing today they are merging to form Blade Games, VentureBeat has learned. Seattle-based Digini makes game development tools for...
Three major league speakers to highlight entrepreneurship at GamesBeat 09 conference
VentureBeat is proud to announce three more heavy hitters who’ll be speaking at our GamesBeat 2009 Games Conference conference next month, which will focus...
Microsoft in talks to buy 3DV Systems?
Anxious to outdo the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire 3DV Systems of Israel. 3DV is one of the companies that’s...
Alarm.com buys out its owners for $27.7 million
Web-based security firm Alarm.com said today it has completed a $27.7 million management buyout of the company’s majority owner, MicroStrategy. The buyout was led...
Bernie Stolar rises again as chairman of Vivo Products
Bernie Stolar has worked for everyone in the video game industry. So it’s no surprise to see him appointed chairman today of Vivo Products,...
Crispy Gamer signs syndication deal with newspaper chains, social network
Crispy Gamer, a game fan web site that asserts its independence from bias from refusing to take ads from the games industry, announced today...
Emergent racks up $12.5M for game-development software
Emergent Game Technologies, a Calabasas, Calif.-based provider of applications used to develop video games more cost-efficiently, just raised $12.5 million in fifth-round funding to...
Sega’s 2009 survival strategy: Publish mature-rated Wii titles and exploit Sonic brand
Sega hasn’t had the easiest time lately. Its parent company, Sega Sammy Holdings, is laying off 560 people — 18 percent of its work...
Offerpal Media raises $15 million for social monetization platform
Offerpal Media has raised $15 million in a second round of funding to continue developing its platform for generating money from social applications via...