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,...
Monthly game sales show gains by Microsoft, but Nintendo dominates
The torrid growth of the U.S. video game industry came down to earth in August, but the industry still eked out 9 percent sales...
Facebook’s virtual economy may be making up to $100 million this year
[Editor’s note: We’ve been tracking the growth of games on social networks. Here’s the latest look at how much Facebook and third party game...
DEMOfall 08: Sims Ops Studios debuts cute social game creation tool
Sim Ops Studios debuted a cute tool for creating 3-D games in a web browser. The Wild Pockets platform gives ordinary users the tools...
Q&A with Will Wright on the launch of Spore
Will Wright is the rock star of the video game industry. His games are almost always hits and have generated billions of dollars in...