Kabam raises $85M for hardcore social gaming business
Here’s a “kaboom” for all those social game skeptics out there. Kabam has raised $85 million in a fourth round of funding to fuel...
How EA’s John Riccitiello sees the past few years of struggle
Like many seasoned executives, Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello believes that learning from failure is essential to success. He said so in a...
LA Noire lives up to the name “movie-like” video game
A packed crowd of over 200 film fans filled the SVA Theater in New York City during the recent Tribeca Film Festival to watch...
A blockbuster month: video game sales rise 20 percent in April
Video game sales rose 20 percent in April as a series of big titles finally pumped some life into the core console game business....
Lenovo-based Eedoo video game system revealed in China
Lenovo is backing a new video game system that is expected to launch in the second half of this year in China. The iSec...
Will Wright says games are headed toward ubiquity, diversity, and art
Will Wright is perhaps the most successful video game designer in history, creating games from SimCity to Spore. His games have sold tens of...
Nintendo sells 400,000 3DS units in first week in U.S.
Nintendo said today that it sold just shy of 400,000 3DS handheld gaming system units in its first seven days of sales in the...
GameStop retail giant opens a store on Facebook
Video game retail giant GameStop has opened up a store to sell games on its Facebook fan page. The store will sell physical games...
The IRS isn’t playing games with Trip Hawkins
Trip Hawkins, the chief executive of mobile gaming firm Digital Chocolate and founder of Electronic Arts, may be on the hook for $20 million...
Nintendo CEO: Smartphone games are worthless
In a feisty attack on the fastest-growing sectors of the video-game industry, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said that smartphone games and social-media games focus...