Arrggh: KingsIsle Entertainment unveils Pirate101 online game
Few games have been as successful as Wizard101, which has more than 14 million unique monthly visitors in part because nobody has created an...
YouWeb and StartEngine incubators to hold Double Demo Day for 20 startups
Incubators YouWeb and StartEngine are combining their efforts to host a joint demo day for 20 startups funded by the two. The event brings together a couple of the most interesting personalities in tech funding: Peter Relan, chairman of YouWeb, and Howard Marks, founder of Los Angeles-based StartEngine.
Xbox 360-quality graphics could come to mobile devices by 2014
Imagine a mobile device with the graphical capabilities of an Xbox 360. Hardware developer Nvidia thinks that dream isn't too far off.
Japan’s DeNA signs up Kabam and Nimblebit
Japan's DeNA mobile social gaming network has signed up a couple of key American game partners as it expands in the U.S.
Spoof-proof location authentication to help legitimize mobile gambling
Locaid is announcing today that it will provide "unspoofable" location authentication for mobile gambling. The Locaid technology is a critical part of the ecosystem that can support online gambling, which is expected to be a huge industry in the U.S. in the not-so-distant future.
PixyKids launches 3D-animated characters for kids social network
PixyKids, which has created a social network for kids ages 6 to 12, announced today it plans to allow children to create their own highly realistic 3D-animated avatars. The avatars are part of the company's plan to become a Facebook for kids.
Report: Amazon pulling ahead of iTunes in average revenue per user
TinyCo's report on how well its game Tiny Village is doing across multiple mobile platforms reveals that fragmentation might be to blame in the loss of revenue from Google Play releases.
Real online gambling and social network casino games are on a collision course
One of the biggest stories in tech and gaming this year is the coming collision of real online gambling and social-networking casino games. The...
Free-to-play games on Xbox 360? It could happen sooner than you think
GamesBeat has learned that at least two free-to-play developers are currently in talks with Microsoft.
AMD takes a swing at Intel and Nvidia with new mobile graphics chips
A day after Intel launched its Ivy Bridge combo graphics-microprocessor chips, Advanced Micro Devices is launching a new series of fast and power-efficient graphics...