Gamevil boosts its multimillion-dollar investment of mobile-game developers (exclusive)
South Korea’s Gamevil has expanded dramatically on a global stage, investing more than $10 million in mobile game developers in the past year. Now...
Report: $99 Android-based game console Ouya on the way
A $99 console that runs on Android, connects to your TV, and features free-to-play games? Apparently, it's a real thing.
‘Give us something BIG!’: 10 of the best live-action video game trailers
For better or worse, it seems like big-budget live-action trailers for video games are here to stay. It's just as well that some publishers are doing them right, as seen in these 10 impressive examples.
The mystery of why Pretty Pet Salon was banned from the App Store and then returned
On Jan. 12, 2012, Pretty Pet Salon mysteriously disappeared from the App Store and then returned again in a different form at the end of March. Why this happened is an interesting tale.
Apple’s crackdown on app-ranking manipulation: Confused developers caught in the dragnet
In the battle between Apple’s police and the developers who cheat to boost their rankings, some innocent startups are finding themselves banned from the marketplace.
Disney and others bring disruption to movie-licensed games
Movie-licensed games are experiencing an extinction by evolution. Mobile apps and quality releases based on specific characters are displacing these often mediocre titles.
Sony buys Gaikai game streaming service for $380M
Sony announced tonight that it will acquire the streaming video-game service Gaikai for $380 million. The deal officially closed on June 30, and Sony...
Zynga ‘unleashes’ bigwig Mark Pincus after big product unveiling
Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus was quiet for the past couple of months as Facebook went public and Zynga geared up for its big...
VC Fred Wilson says mobile, not web, is where the growth is
Mobile is where the growth is in startups, venture capital portolios, and user activity, according to a post by Fred Wilson, the managing partner...
GameStop targets the ‘hybrid gamer’ with Google’s Nexus 7 tablet
GameStop is catering to "hybrid gamers" as it expands its offering of Android tablets with Google's Nexus 7.