Microsoft in talks to buy 3DV Systems?
Anxious to outdo the Nintendo Wii, Microsoft is reportedly in talks to acquire 3DV Systems of Israel. 3DV is one of the companies that’s...
Alarm.com buys out its owners for $27.7 million
Web-based security firm Alarm.com said today it has completed a $27.7 million management buyout of the company’s majority owner, MicroStrategy. The buyout was led...
Bernie Stolar rises again as chairman of Vivo Products
Bernie Stolar has worked for everyone in the video game industry. So it’s no surprise to see him appointed chairman today of Vivo Products,...
Crispy Gamer signs syndication deal with newspaper chains, social network
Crispy Gamer, a game fan web site that asserts its independence from bias from refusing to take ads from the games industry, announced today...
Emergent racks up $12.5M for game-development software
Emergent Game Technologies, a Calabasas, Calif.-based provider of applications used to develop video games more cost-efficiently, just raised $12.5 million in fifth-round funding to...
Sega’s 2009 survival strategy: Publish mature-rated Wii titles and exploit Sonic brand
Sega hasn’t had the easiest time lately. Its parent company, Sega Sammy Holdings, is laying off 560 people — 18 percent of its work...
Offerpal Media raises $15 million for social monetization platform
Offerpal Media has raised $15 million in a second round of funding to continue developing its platform for generating money from social applications via...
Dutch virtual world start-up raises $4 million
Dutch virtual world startup Virtual Fairground has raised $4 million and signed a license to publish a game based on the hit animated soccer...
GMG Entertainment cleans up with game currency cards in stores
Online games and brick-and-mortar stores that carry games have been fighting a tough war. But digital currency cards are making peace between them. Online...
Sony closing its Metreon PlayStation store — a stab in the heart for gamers
Sony is closing down its one-and-only U.S. PlayStation store at the Metreon mall in San Francisco. The recession is clearly to blame. Sony will...