Former Yahoo executive takes CEO job at Bunchball
In the past few years, Bunchball has figured out how to get consumers more engaged in web sites by making them as addictive as...
Black Friday video game sales were strong, Microsoft claims victory
All eyes are on video games as the lone bright spot in a weak economy. So far, the industry is succeeding in delivering fun...
Ball-it: The magic ball that wants to kill the Wii
Ball-it, a Finnish company that makes a little ball that remotely interacts with your computer, phone or TV screen, wants to challenge the Nintendo...
Microsoft finally addresses Red Ring of Death with Jasper-based Xbox 360 consoles
The long-awaited Jasper-based versions of the Xbox 360 have finally emerged on the market. These new consoles have a redesigned motherboard with the new...
Q&A with AMD’s Rick Bergman on the graphics sweet spot
Rick Bergman is the senior vice president and general manager of the graphics products group at chip company Advanced Micro Devices. His team of...
PlaySpan raises $16.8 million for gaming virtual goods platform
Virtual goods sales are starting to look better than real world goods sales these days. PlaySpan announced today that it has raised $16.8 million...
THQ signs up Massive for in-game advertising
As game publishers look for more ways to pull in revenues, in-game advertising is catching on. Today, game publisher THQ is announcing that Microsoft’s...
New World of Warcraft expansion sold 2.8 million in 24 hours
I guess they should rename the company Blizzard Activision. In any case, Activision Blizzard scored big time with the launch of World of Warcraft:...
Sony sets the stage for launch of its Home virtual world
Sony has started setting the stage for the launch of its Home virtual world. The company has been running beta tests with thousands of...
Casual Collective aims to develop addictive casual games
You can credit Paul Preece and David Scott for wasting a lot of your time. They’re the creators of the hit games Desktop Tower...