Angry Birds gets gesture controls
Not content with being flung into space, the Angry Birds behemoth is evolving alongside the popularity of motion control. SoftKinetic, a leading developer of...
Social game startup Rounds launches We The Kings game (exclusive)
Rounds, the maker of a platform that combines video chat and social apps, has launched a new web-based game that incorporates interactive music video...
Playnomics figures out how game players rate when it comes to potential purchases (exclusive)
Playnomics, a startup that helps predict which gamers will be valuable to game developers, is announcing today a free player-scoring system for online game...
Preview: Trion’s End of Nations enables chaotic nonstop online battles
Trion Worlds raised $85 million in January to finance its massively multiplayer online gaming empire. And one of the company’s resulting titles is End of Nations,...
Study: Video games depict religion as violent and problematic (interview)
Many newer-generation video games equate religion with violence, finds a new study from the University of Missouri. Greg Perreault, a doctoral student in the...
Get ready to brag! Raptr turns on its reputation system for 12M hardcore gamers
Gamers of the world, get ready to brag! Raptr, the social network for hardcore gamers, is launching a new reputation system for its 12...
Bigpoint shows off online Game of Thrones, based on HBO series (exclusive)
Online gaming powerhouse Bigpoint is showing off scenes today from its upcoming online role-playing game based on HBO’s hit television show Game of Thrones....
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Content Season kicks off on PlayStation 3
The first two pieces of downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 are now available to Elite Premium members on the PlayStation...
Goplay launches portal for social games on the web (exclusive)
Goplay is launching a web portal for social games in the hopes of luring disaffected publishers away from Facebook. With Goplay, developers can make...
PlayHaven launches “Zynga in a box” mobile-game monetization platform
PlayHaven, a real-time mobile marketing startup that has enabled a four-fold increase in in-app purchases for its game developer customers, is adding new monetization...