VC’s view of games: ‘An infinitely fragmented market’
The economy is soft, admitted the panel of venture capitalists at GamesBeat 2009. But Mitch Lasky, from Benchmark Capital, said, “We’re looking for what...
IBM to launch new version of business simulation game
IBM isn’t a company you’d expect to see at the Game Developers Conference. But Big Blue has been making games for a while now...
MotionDSP launches vReveal tool to clear up blurry home movies
Everybody has blurry, unfocused, and motion-sickness inspiring home videos. But Silicon Valley company MotionDSP is launching a video restoration software program today that could...
Limelife acquires Tapatap to expand social apps for women
LimeLife, which makes mobile games and other media for women, said today it has acquired mobile media company Tapatap for an undisclosed price. Menlo...
New OnLive service could turn the video game world upside down
Few startups have a chance to revolutionize an industry. But if entrepreneur Steve Perlman’s OnLive lives up to its goals, the company will disrupt...
Curt Schilling retires from baseball, but is ready to play and build video games
Curt Schilling said today he’s retiring from Major League Baseball with four World Series and three World Championships under his belt. Baseball’s loss is...
MyGameMug releases job board for recruiting World of Warcraft guilds
MyGameMug started out as one of a bunch of social networks for gamers . Now it’s launching WoW Headhunter , which is a tool...
Survey: iPhone has biggest potential for games
Apple’s iPhone will be the games industry’s favorite platform going forward, according to a survey just conducted of industry executives and interested readers. The...
Denis Dyack of Silicon Knights on how cloud computing will impact games
[Editor’s note: The following is a guest column contributed by Denis Dyack, founder and president of Silicon Knights, one of the world’s largest independent...
GCube Capital loses two partners, shifts investment strategy
GCube Ventures drew a lot of attention when we wrote about them last August as an investment fund that would focus on the game...