So much for recession-proof: U.S. video game sales take a 17 percent dip in March
U.S. video game sales have held up in the recession, until now. Sales of console games, hardware and accessories fell 17 percent in March...
Applied Research Associates Acquires Virtual Heroes to make serious games
Defense contractor Applied Research Associates has acquired Virtual Heroes, a game developer which has shown a particular skill in creating games for business or...
Tribal Nova raises $2.5 million for kids’ online games
Canadian firm Tribal Nova said today it has raised $2.5 million to help develop kids’ games and virtual worlds, Virtual Worlds Management reported. Tribal...
Blizzard switches World of Warcraft partner in critical China
Blizzard Entertainment, owner of the massively popular World of Warcraft game, has switchted distribution partners in the increasingly important Chinese market. Blizzard will now...
Outspark invites game publishers to cash in on casual MMO game portal
Outspark, a company that offers online games where many players play simultaneously, has seen rapid growth in the past year and is now opening...
Marketing whiz tries to juice Sony’s PlayStation business in Europe
Sony has played executive musical chairs in its game division once again. Andrew House, until recently the chief marketing officer for all of Sony,...
Nintendo to launch this summer the long-awaited Wii MotionPlus to improve controller accuracy
Nintendo announced today that it will launch Wii Sports Resort, a sequel to its flagship console game Wii Sports, and an improved version of...
Microsoft revises warranties to cover new E74 defects for Xbox 360
More stories are popping up about a new flaw in the Xbox 360 dubbed the E74 bug, named for the error code that appears onscreen...
Late to the iPhone, Trip Hawkins’ Digital Chocolate falls in love with it
We’ve written about how new developers are enamored with the iPhone. But Trip Hawkins (founder of Electronic Arts) admits that his mobile game company,...
Virtual reality via nanobot injection? Ray Kurzweil says it’s the future
Virtual reality has long promised a way to create an immersive illusion so convincing you can’t tell the fake from the real. Futurist Ray...