Nintendo wins Wii controller patent dispute
A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Nintendo over patents related to the Wii and GameCube game controllers. Fenner Investments, a Richardson,...
GamesBeat 09 survey: mapping the game industry’s future
We invite you to participate in VentureBeat’s GamesBeat 2009 Survey. We’d like your quick take on the state of the video game industry. In...
Microsoft Xbox 360 defects: Waiting for Godot in Nome, Alaska
Some stories are just too ridiculous to be believed. Kim and Blaine Galleher of Nome, Alaska, have been through an unbelievable Xbox 360 “red...
EA Sports chief Peter Moore on upcoming games
Electronic Arts sports game chief Peter Moore held court in downtown San Francisco last Thursday as his division offered the press its first look...
Sony’s PlayStation 3 blockbuster: Killzone 2 lives up to the hype
Just when we thought the Nintendo Wii had won the video game console war, along comes Sony’s Killzone 2. In 2005, Sony whet our...
Struggling in-game ad firm IGA Worldwide seeks investments or possible sale
IGA Worldwide, a company that inserts ads into video games, is struggling with the recession. The New York company is trying to close a...
Electronic Arts shows off fitness, iPhone games in its EA Sports line-up
Electronic Arts showed off its latest sports games today, with a heavy emphasis on new kinds of games that could appeal to wider audiences....
Warner Bros. snatches Lord of the Rings game license
Electronic Arts held the Lord of the Rings license throughout the triumphant years of the Peter Jackson films. But apparently it has surrendered the...
Worlds.com: We’ve patented the world
Here’s the winner of the anti-innovation award of the day. Worlds.com chief executive Thom Kidrin told Silicon Alley Insider that his company owns the...
Newly-formed Blade Games raises $4M for cheaper developer tools
Blade Games, the result of last month’s merger between developer tool provider Digini and game outsourcing company Vyk Games, has raised $4 million in...