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,...
Next Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack hits Xbox Live later this month (video)
Activision Blizzard announced Thursday that it will publish the third map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops on Xbox Live at the end...
VentureBeat’s photo gallery captures the noise of E3 2011 (part 1)
The only thing bad about an E3 photo gallery is that you can’t hear the sounds. E3, the video game industry’s trade show, is...
Is Microsoft planning Xbox Live Diamond TV service?
Microsoft is planning to reveal a subscription TV service for its Xbox 360 video game console, according to the tech blog WinRumors. The Xbox...
Microsoft tops 35M active Xbox Live members and 55M Xbox 360s sold
Microsoft said it has sold more than 55 million Xbox 360 video game consoles since 2005 and it now has 35 million active Xbox...
Microsoft applies lessons from PlayStation Network downtime: don’t hunt hackers
Microsoft has chosen to “nurture” the talents of a 14-year-old boy who attempted to hack into the company’s online gaming network, Xbox Live, rather...
Just how frustrated are PlayStation Network users over downtime?
Sony brought its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), offline today — though this time it was just for some scheduled maintenance. But...
Will developers and gamers flock to other consoles as Sony’s Playstation Network remains down?
Today marks the sixth day of the Playstation Network (PSN) outage and Sony is still mum about when the online gaming network will go...
Will Microsoft launch free-to-play games on Xbox Live?
Embracing a new business model, Microsoft is expected to make free-to-play games available on its Xbox Live online gaming service next year. The move...
Ngmoco’s Neil Young foresees multibillion-dollar mobile game companies
Neil Young is the chief executive of Ngmoco, the mobile game publisher that was acquired by Japan’s DeNA for up to $403 million last...