Iddiction’s App-o-Day aims to cure App Store discovery woes with “Groupon for apps”
Discovery is still a huge problem on the Apple App Store, with 578,716 active apps and no sure-fire way to stand out. Iddiction hopes...
Ludei’s CocoonJS enables blazing-fast HTML5 mobile games (exclusive)
As the lingua franca for the web, HTML5 is becoming the format of choice for making cross-platform apps. But when it comes to games,...
Minecraft creator distributes nearly 3 million dollars to fellow employees
Minecraft creator Markus Persson, better known as Notch, distributed almost three million dollars in dividends to his fellow employees at Mojang, 25 in all....
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....