Newzoo: Free-to-play MMO spending increases 24 percent in U.S.
Americans are spending 24 percent more on free-to-play massively multiplayer online games (MMOs) this year than they did in 2010, according to a new...
Justin.tv launches partner program for pro-gaming broadcasters
Video streaming site Justin.tv announced today it’s launching a revenue-sharing program that professional gamers with a large number of followers can enroll in through...
LulzSec's real agenda? Who knows, but they love the Dreamcast
Well, that tears it. LulzSec, a band of hackers that has made headlines for a number of high-profile hacking incidents, are a bunch of...
Hit the deck: LulzSec and Anonymous start trading blows
Hacker group LulzSec has begun publicly attacking hacker group Anonymous, an action that could lead to a civil war of sorts between the two...
LulzSec hits U.S. Senate website, throws a “DDoS Party”
Hacker group Lulz Security is taking responsibility for breaking into the public website for the U.S. Senate, Senate.gov. Separately, the hacker group has launched...
Can e-sports be bigger than golf? (Q&A)
Justin.tv, a site that lets web browsers watch and publish live video streams, started recruiting additional developers to build an exclusive electronic sports live-streaming...
China’s Tencent acquires majority stake in online game firm Riot Games for nearly $400M
Tencent, China’s most valuable internet company, has acquired a majority stake in U.S. online games firm Riot Games for nearly $400 million. The deal...