Mytopia shifts from games to cross-platform technology
Mytopia started as an online games company. But that business is now a sideshow. The company’s real business will now revolve around its technology...
Updated: KingsIsle adds new pricing model for teen-focused online game Wizard101
Teens don’t carry a lot of credit cards with them. That’s why KingsIsle Entertainment is expected to announce on Monday an alternative payment system...
Electronics Arts reports loss, will lay off more than 500 workers
Electronic Arts reported a big loss today and said it would lay off 6 percent of its 9,000-person work force, or roughly 540 people....
Nintendo dishes out another stellar earnings report: DS has now outsold the GameBoy
Nintendo reported another record for the six-month period from April to September. The record sales, profits and shipments move the company a step closer...
Microsoft kicks off the era of user-generated console games
Games are starting to catch up with movies in this respect: low-budget titles from indie studios have the same chance to succeed as blockbusters....
Census confirms the rise in video game industry jobs
As other industries contract, the game industry is showing resiliency as a source of jobs. A new census shows that the number of industry...
Playfish raises $17 million for Facebook games
Playfish, a social gaming company that has four of the top ten games on Facebook, has raised $17 million in funding. The deal shows...
Shufflebrain launches Photograb game on Facebook to train your brain
I’m not a game designer. But imagine a game creation tool so simple and easy that even I can’t mess it up. Shufflebrain has...
Game journalism sucks: So Crispy Gamer raises money for an alternative voice
Game journalism sucks. Game journalists can’t be trusted (umm, except VentureBeat’s perhaps?). Crispy Gamer is banking that a lot of people share that opinion....
Graphics chip market grows a surprising 22.5 percent in third quarter
The graphics chip market defied gravity in the third quarter, showing a 22.5 percent in unit shipments compared to a year ago. More than...