Credit-card-sized computer Raspberry Pi now has an app store for games, programs, tools and tutorials.
A Nokia engineer who has previously pointed out security holes in Microsoft's Windows 8 has now posted a detailed step-by-step explanation of how to hack Windows 8 games.
In a bid to make its virtual currency platform more useful for Android game developers, Pocket Change has opened up its platform, allowing devs to give players rewards for any actions they'd like.
Playstation has trailed Microsoft's Xbox 360 in the gaming console market for a long time. But not in everything.
The seven-year-old Xbox 360 sold 750k units during the post-Thanksgiving shopping spree.
Before we wake up bright and early tomorrow with a new storm of stories for you, here are the five we thought were some of our best this week.
Guest Post How can a company that brings in $1.2 billion a year, and recently cut costs in order to achieve profitability, have a market value that's effectively zero? It doesn't make sense. Here's why Zynga is undervalued -- provided it does the right thing next.
While the average app store developer might make under $10K a year from his or her apps, Joe Kaufman has managed to generate millions of downloads to his hit Lost City and Secret of Grisly Manor apps, generating massive revenue and making him a self-made millionaire.
Children app developer Duck Duck Moose raises $7M Series A
A surprising amount of card games were shown and played at PAX this year. Here's a look at some of the more interesting we saw.
Editor's Pick This year's Olympics earned the nickname "Socialympics." It has inspired huge waves of tweets, brought down the reputation of old media giants, and earned athletes millions of new followers.
It’s like the Sims hacked your family tree: Family Village is a game in which you can play alongside your ancestors (and learn about your family, too!).
Activision Blizzard and Swrve are proving that mobile games are as important as those for consoles.
Kiip released its own app today, charmingly called “Kiipsake,” which acts as a digital wallet where people can store all their Kiip rewards.
Kiip is a mobile network that delivers rewards for achievements that occur within games and apps. This …
An award-winning documentary about the search for the world’s greatest Tetris player is now available to order.
The film tracks the 2010 world Tetris championships and has captured awards at multiple film festival awards, including the Audience Award for Best …
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Rewards network Kiip announced today that it closed $11 million in a second round of investment. The funding will go towards expanding Kiip’s rewards system beyond gaming, infusing ‘moments of happiness’ into everyday life.
Kiip works with game developers, brands, …
My 9-year-old collects and plays with Pokémon cards, but if what I saw today from Nukotoys today is any indication of what we can expect in the future, he’ll be switching soon.
Nukotoys is a toy company and a technology …
Last month, Activision struck a partnership with analytics firm Flurry to create a third-party publishing platform that would allow outside developers to elease games under the Activision Mobile brand. The developers retain control over their intellectual property and Flurry provides …
Social fashion site Chicismo officially launched today and announced it has raised $800,000 in initial investment.
Chicismo is an online community of style mavens, designers, and brands who come together to share what they’re wearing. The site creates a game-like …
Former Electronic Arts exec and current Kleiner Perkins partner Bing Gordon was on-stage at MobileBeat 2012 today in San Francisco.
After opening unconventionally with a poem — actually not too bad, see below for full text — he, Dean Takahashi …
