Angry Birds maker Rovio seeks $1.2B valuation in upcoming funding round
Angry Birds maker Rovio is in the process of a fundraising round that would value the company at $1.2 billion, according to a report...
Nintendo posts unexpected quarterly loss and slashes full-year profit forecast
Nintendo reported a first-fiscal-quarter net loss, hurt by both slow sales of its 3DS handheld game device and a strong yen. The Kyoto-Japan-based company...
NaturalMotion shows off a cool horse game for the iPad (video)
Game developer NaturalMotion showed off a cool, super-realistic horse simulation game on the iPad this week that wowed attendees at the Casual Connect game conference...
The rise of tablet gaming
Tablet gaming could be a huge market, disrupting traditional game hardware markets. With more than 25 million units sold, the iPad has become much larger...
Kontagent brings social gaming analytics to mobile devices (exclusive)
Social gaming analytics provider Kontagent is bringing its analytics tools to mobile apps, the company announced Wednesday. It’s typically harder to collect data on...
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...
EA’s next mobile lineup features multi-platform multiplayer mayhem (video)
The next version of Electronic Arts’ mobile Scrabble game will let players compete against each other across multiple devices and platforms — at the...
Zynga has raised $845M in three rounds over four years
Social games maker Zynga, the developer behind smash hits like FarmVille and CityVille, has raised a total of $845 million in its four years...
Zynga inks deal giving AT&T customers exclusive content, credits
Social games maker Zynga is launching a program that will give AT&T customers access to exclusive games and content as well as a number...
Starcraft developer Blizzard interested in making games for iPhone, iPad
Activision-Blizzard’s Greg Street, a lead designer behind the company’s highly successful World of Warcraft online game, told Eurogamer that his company was interested in...