Iminlikewithyou names new chief executive
Iminlikewithyou said it has named Dan Porter its new chief executive officer. The New York-based multiplayer social games company said Porter will help the...
Most watched Super Bowl ever means more people hate 3-D glasses
So, I have to beat the dead horse on the 3-D glasses again. Reports suggest that this was the most-watched Super Bowl ever, with...
Electronic Arts reports wider loss, laying off more people
Electronics Arts said in its earnings call today that it had a wider loss than expected in its third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31...
Ubisoft pulls on its Action Pants, acquiring studio in Vancouver
French game publishing giant Ubisoft announced today that it has acquired Vancouver, Canada-based Action Pants, a game studio with more than 110 employees. Vancouver...
MMO Life to launch a network of online game portals
Do you really have a fantasy life online if there’s no one there to chronicle it? MMO Life is launching a network of online...
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...