The top 10 video game stories of the year
Here’s a look back at our 10 biggest stories covering the video game market this year. 1. Video games aren’t recession proof. At the...
The best original video games of 2009
Franchises. Sequels. Big summer movie games. Despite the glut of those familiar games that crowd retail shelves each year, gamers witnessed a respectable outpouring...
Better Than an Ill-Fitting Sweater: Win Peggle for PSN
Editor’s note: Toby’s getting into the holiday spirit by generously offering a download code for the PSN version of Peggle. Will you be the...
An Argument Against Games as Art
Editor’s note: I don’t agree with Alex that games are currently immune to the kind of judgments he finds so abhorrent between consumers of...
gWallet’s analytics help game publishers rate special offers
gWallet, a startup that handles offers for social apps, is announcing today a new platform that makes it easier to measure how offers impact...
Flurry and Pinch Media to create mobile analytics powerhouse
Two analytics startups, Flurry and Pinch Media, are announcing a merger today as they try to create a mobile data analytics leader. While Flurry...
In a year of layoffs, game employment rises slightly in North America
Although the game industry has had plenty of layoffs this year, a new survey shows that the employee count at video game companies in...
Metaplace to shut down its site for thousands of virtual worlds
On Jan. 1, some 70,000 virtual worlds will vanish from the Internet. That’s because Metaplace, the company that made the open platform for the...
Is This Genre-Birthing Quest Still A Hero?
You’re journeying through a massive world and have two choices: you can either save a hot babe or slay the Dragon Lord. Which would...
Game startups raised $600.5 million in 2009, down 36 percent
Game startups continued to score big investments in 2009, but the amount of money raised in the year fell considerably compared to 2008. Our...