More kids are playing games thanks to rise of smartphones and tablets
More kids are playing video games between the ages of 2 and 17, according to a new market research report. The NPD Group reported...
Sony unveils developer kit for PlayStation Vita, Android devices
Sony today released a software development kit (SDK) for creating games across multiple PlayStation certified devices, such as the upcoming PlayStation Vita and the...
Nintendo announces major 3DS game launch dates, analog add-on
One day before the Tokyo Game Show, Nintendo has announced the launch dates of several high-profile games for the 3DS handheld console, as well...
iSwifter is the first to bring Flash-based Google+ games to the iPad
iSwifter’s innovative app for streaming Flash content to the iPad now supports Google+ games, making it the first app to do so, the company...
Zynga lines up its next social game: Adventure World
Zynga just revealed a teaser for its next big social game, an Indiana Jones-inspired creation called Adventure World. The video trailer on the new...
New Orleans snares a Gameloft game studio with tax incentives
Video games used to be political cannon fodder on the state level, with politicians creating laws to stop the sale of violent video games...
One of gaming’s best startups, Bungie, turns 20
Bungie is one of the most successful game startups in history, although the company was obscure for the first 10 years of its existence,...
Sony acquires inFamous developer Sucker Punch
Indie game studio Sucker Punch, which makes the sandbox superhero game inFamous, has been acquired by PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable manufacturer Sony Computer...
Sony starts $20M fund to secure PlayStation Network exclusives
PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable manufacturer Sony has started a $20 million program to fund independent developers making exclusive downloadable games for its consoles,...
OnLive CEO says his pet wireless project has sub-millisecond latency
The head of streaming game service OnLive, Steve Perlman, said his new wireless data transmission technology will be so fast that the latency will...