Apple has taken the unusual step of sharing a copy of its Mac OS X Lion operating system with external security researchers, some of whom have published vulnerabilities with past Mac software.
That’s pretty progressive thinking for Apple, which has …
Nintendo started selling the 3DS handheld game system this weekend in Japan, and fans lined up in chilly weather to get their hands on the new handheld which can be viewed in stereoscopic 3D without special glasses.
The system won’t …
Age of Empires has sold more than 25 million copies in retail stores over the years. So it was a big leap when Microsoft announced last August that it would recreate the game as an online-only free-to-play game. This week, …
A new business called A List Games is launching a service to make it easier for independent digital game developers to market their video games.
Pasadena-based A List Games (we can’t bring ourselves to spell it as they do: [a]list …
Activision Blizzard is starting its slow strip tease leading up to the launch of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, which is expected to debut this fall.
That’s a big deal because Modern Warfare 2 was one of the best-selling …
Normally, you get free games when you buy a video game console. But with OnLive, the cloud gaming service, it’s going to be the other way around.
OnLive is announcing today that anyone who pre-orders the THQ video game Homefront …
The shelf life of a video game in stores is measured in days or weeks these days. But online, games can live — and grow sales — longer. LOLapps‘ Ravenwood Fair social game on Facebook is a good example. Launched …
As the games business transitions from console and PC titles to social and mobile games, China is set to take away the United States’ leadership in the business.
That’s the bold prediction from Tim Merel, who has made a splash …
Media baron Rupert Murdoch is going into video games — but not in his usually splashy way. Although he could easily drop a billion dollars on the burgeoning games business, he’s instead placing an uncharacteristically cautious small bet.
News Corp., …
When uber-investor Marc Andreessen moves into a market, you have to figure it’s hot. Today, his firm Andreessen Horowitz is investing $18 million in TinyCo, an iPhone-game publisher.
Andreessen, you may recall, cofounded Netscape, the creator of the first commercially …
The days when game developers could only get 99 cents for a mobile game are fast disappearing. Now they’re figuring out new ways to make money. OpenFeint and Adknowledge are launching a new platform today called OFX 2.0 which rewards …
Rift is one of the biggest bets in video game history. Trion Worlds has been building the fantasy role-playing online game world for almost five years and has raised more than $100 million to build the game and the dynamic …
The super-carnage video game Gears of War 3 is set to launch its public multiplayer beta in mid-April and debut on the Xbox 360 on Sept. 20. Alongside Halo, the Gears of War franchise is Microsoft’s best-selling video game on …
Latin America’s virtual goods market is expected to grow to $517 million in revenues by 2012, according to a market study by SuperData Research and PlaySpan.
The fastest-growing market in the region is Brazil, which had $165 million in virtual …
Trust, but verify. That old Ronald Reagan policy toward Russian nuclear arms treaties is similar to the policy many parents would prefer when it comes to monitoring their kids’ use of online games. Chicago-based Media Chaperone has raised $1 million …
Sony’s newly launched Killzone 3 video game for the PlayStation 3 promised to be a big step up in first-person shooting sci-fi combat. You can play the game in stereoscopic 3D and use the PlayStation Move motion-sensing controller for more …
Worldwide personal computer microprocessor shipments were flat in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago, due in part to the popularity of the Apple iPad.
Market researcher IDC reported that PC microprocessors — the brains of computers — were …
Apple shareholders challenged the company’s leadership to reveal its succession plan today at the company’s stockholders meeting. But the majority of investors voted down the proposal.
Preliminary votes show that the proposal urging Apple to clarify its succession plan in …
Parallels has made a big splash over the years with its desktop virtualization software that allows Mac computers to run Windows software. Today, the company’s founder is stepping down as chief executive and appointing his No. 2 executive (a former …
The Nancy Drew series has been around for 80 years. But game maker Her Interactive is trying to make it relevant for the age of the iPad with a new app launching today called Nancy Drew Mobile Mysteries: Shadow Ranch.…
