The 10 Best Gaming Videos of 2011
This year has been a great one for gaming. To celebrate, here are 10 of the finest gaming related videos to have hit the...
PopCap splits mobile Bejeweled Blitz into separate products to embrace freemium model
PopCap is moving to unbundle two different mobile branches of its incredibly popular gem-matching game franchise Bejeweled, splitting the quick-to-play Bejeweled Blitz into a...
EA shows mobile and social games for winter fun, from Battlefield 3 Aftershock to a new Tetris
Electronics Arts showed off its new mobile and social games for the holiday season and beyond today at an event in San Francisco. Among...
Zynga spurned by both Rovio and PopCap Games in huge takeover offers?
Zynga was reportedly spurned by two companies it was trying to acquire in what would have been gigantic deals in the game industry, according...
Gaming stamina and player growth is on the rise, PopCap survey says
The percentage of the internet users in the U.S and the U.K. who play social games for periods greater than 15 minutes a week...
EA acquires mobile game developer Bight Games
Electronic Arts attempted to bolster its mobile and casual game business today by acquiring Bight Games, a maker of indie mobile games. Bight has...
With EA’s The Sims Social, has Zynga met its match? (hands on)
The Sims, a life simulation game, is one of Electronic Arts’ most successful franchises. The company has sold more than 140 million copies of...
Venture capitalist Tim Chang describes the white-hot landscape of game investments
The emerging landscape of games is attracting a lot of money, thanks in part to excitement about Zynga’s upcoming initial public offering and some...
Reflections on GamesBeat 2011 and the road ahead in mobile games
Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week, and here’s what you missed. As I noted in a preview story on mobile games, the conference was...
Electronic Arts borrows $550M in convertible loans to finance PopCap deal
Electronic Arts said today it has priced $550 million in convertible debt in a private placement. That means it is borrowing money in order to...