Booyah to launch cause-oriented iPhone entertainment apps
Booyah is nearing the completion of its first round of cause-oriented apps for the iPhone. Keith Lee, (pictured below) chief executive of the Palo...
KingsIsle’s Wizard 101 hits 2 million users, sells gift cards
Apparently a lot of people want to learn how to be wizards. The Wizard101 virtual fantasy world has now passed two million unique registered...
Future Ads launches PlaySushi.com casual games site
Future Ads has launched a new casual games site, PlaySushi.com, aimed at younger players. The company already operates Gamevance.com, a casual game site for...
Namco Bandai’s line-up reflects safe, if boring, game development strategy
Japan’s Namco Bandai Games showed off its 2009 game line-up yesterday at a pre-E3 event in San Francisco where it was plain to see...
Sony to unveil new PlayStation Portable at E3?
Sony is expected to reveal a new PlayStation Portable game handheld at the upcoming E3 trade show in Los Angeles, according to published reports....
Swinefighter game spreads like a virus
A casual web game dubbed Swinefighter is catching on like a virus. The game’s popularity comes on the heels of a global panic about...
Will brands like USA Network kill garage iPhone developers?
USA Network, a large entertainment company, launched its first game for the iPhone today: A word puzzle game dubbed Letter Matrix. This is a...
Brazilian startup Hoplon Infotainment goes global with Taikodom online game
FLORIANOPOLIS, BRAZIL — Hot Brazilian startup Hoplon Infotainment is gearing up to go global late this year or early 2010 with Taikodom, the first...
Konami cancels realistic Six Days in Fallujah video game
After an outcry in the U.S., Japanese video game maker Konami has decided to cancel its Six Days in Fallujah video game. The game...
Game and virtual world fundings reach $936.8 million in 2008
This is a second update to our game and virtual worlds funding list. Here we’re adding new data from Jussi Laakkonen’s blog. Previously, we...