The DeanBeat: After Zynga’s crash, game investments dive 42 percent in 2012
Game investments were red hot in the first half, but slowed after Zynga's sinking market value crushed valuations.
Words With Friends co-creator Paul Bettner starts a studio to focus on Ouya console games (exclusive interview)
Bettner is funding the effort himself and has pulled a team together to make an Ouya game.
‘Star Wars’ director J.J. Abrams and game maker Gabe Newell: We’re working together on a game
Star film director and game developer talk shop in opening keynote at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas.
Zynga gets its mojo back with higher-than-expected sales and a small Q4 profit
While Zynga is still technically losing money in the fourth quarter, its earnings report is cheering up the stock market.
Amazon launches its own virtual currency for Kindle Fire: ‘Amazon Coins’
Now Amazon has yet another way to differentiate the Kindle Fire from other Android tablets.
Anticensorship group decries New Jersey library that bans video games
The National Coalition Against Censorship writes a letter to the Paterson, N.J. library that banned patrons from playing games.
AMD Never Settle Reloaded gives you up to six blockbuster games with two graphics card purchases
AMD is delivering a bunch of games for free to people who buy its graphics cards.
Minecraft’s Notch on earning $101M in 2012: ‘It’s weird as f—‘
Markus "Notch" Persson speaks about his 2012 earnings.
Gaming consumes a great share of dollars spent on the Google and Apple app stores
December saw an astounding increase in revenues and downloads for mobile games.
Former chief game designer Brian Reynolds: On Zynga, games, and the future
The former chief game designer of Zynga explains his own exit.