Challenge Games raises $10 million for web-based role-playing games
Browser-based fantasy game company Challenge Games has raised a $10 million second round of funding. Globespan Capital Partners led the round, which came just...
Austin game event: Lively by Google could be expanded to include games
The Austin Game Developers Conference featured one of the first official public dissections of the Lively by Google virtual world (or virtual room), and...
Vivox scores deals for voice-communication in online games for 38 Studios and Sony
Once considered an afterthought in games, voice communication is becoming a bigger part of the online gaming experience. Now players can use sound strategically...
Social Gaming Network acquires (fluff)Friends virtual pet game
Social Gaming Network has acquired (fluff)Friends, a Facebook virtual pet game maker. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Palo Alto, Calif.,-based SGN is...
Austin game event: Sun Microsystems tailors its services for online games
Sun Microsystems is at the Austin Game Developers Conference this week, pitching developers on its latest R&D effort, Project Darkstar – an open-source server...
Austin game event: Online game pioneer spells out the business of online games
Here’s a debut freelance post by Austin game writer N. Evan Van Zelfden, who writes about video game and technology businesses for numerous magazines...
BitRaider launches digital distribution technology for games
BitRaider is launching a new way to download games today at the the Austin Game Developer Conference. The Jacksonville, Fla.-based company has a smart...
EA and Take-Two give up on merger talks
After taking a good peak inside the kimono of Take-Two Interactive, Electronic Arts has decided to turn its back on its six-month effort to...
Microsoft fires game test contractor who talked to VentureBeat
Robert Delaware was the only named Microsoft worker (a contract employee) who talked — without permission — to VentureBeat for our story last week...
Q&A: EA’s Ben Bell on making The Sims 3
With over 100 million copies sold across the globe, The Sims is more than a game franchise for Electronic Arts. It’s an entire division,...