Heyzap, an online network that lets gamers “check in” to games, has finally launched an app for the iPhone.
Heyzap is a little unusual because it’s a popular check-in application for games that first launched on Android devices before making …
Rovio, the Helsinki-based developer of gaming sensation Angry Birds, announced Wednesday it had acquired Finnish animation studio Kombo for an undisclosed amount of cash and stock.
Rovio said it wants expand in all areas of the entertainment business, and Kombo …
Amazon’s Android Appstore is making a bigger name for itself today with the exclusive release of the popular game Plants vs Zombies by PopCap Games. The game is available now and retails for $2.99.
A few weeks ago, PopCap said …
Google has removed a batch of console emulators that let Android users play classic video games from older consoles, like the Super Nintendo (SNES), from the Android Marketplace. The move is another slap in the face of Google’s budding gaming …
Google’s new trivia game defies conventional rules by requiring players to perform search queries to find the answer to a daily question.
It’s called A Google a Day and beyond being a game that will attract web savvy pub quiz …
Nintendo’s new 3DS handheld video-game player will play Netflix movies and connect to AT&T’s network of Wi-Fi hotspots next summer. Reggie Fils-Aimé, the president and COO of Nintendo North America, said that the 3DS platform will be an excellent way …
GreenGoose, which slaps accelerometers on everything to turn everyday activities into a game, impressed so many people at the Launch Conference in San Francisco today that it managed to raise $100,000 on-stage from angel investor Shervin Pishevar and early stage …
For the first time, Google has a chance at catching up with Apple in the hot tablet computer market. That’s one of the core points I took away from Google’s press event yesterday where it showed off Honeycomb, the next …
Microsoft isn’t all about Windows: Some serious growth in its entertainment and business divisions helped spur Microsoft to a strong finish in the second quarter of its 2011 fiscal year, with revenue up 5 percent.
The earnings were released — …
Graeme Devine gave Apple a lot of credibility when he joined the company to work on iPhone game technologies. But Devine told the game blog Kotaku that his last day at Apple was Friday.
The departure of one person may …
When Apple launched its Game Center social platform for iPhone games, it looked like a supporting tool such as the OpenFeint platform was doomed. That’s because OpenFeint, a social game platform built by the startup formerly known as Aurora Feint …
Five years ago, video games were in a “golden age.” The Playstation 2 was dominating sales and found its way into most households, and gamers still plugged controllers into their systems to play their games. Then people began texting on …
VentureBeat readers already saw screenshots of MySpace’s leaked redesign last week. But now the fading social network’s millions of U.S. users will be able to experience the site’s new beta version, unveiled today. It’s focused less on social networking — …
Online predators represent a real threat in online games. That’s why Sony Online Entertainment has integrated online threat protection software in its huge online game, Free Realms.
The NetModerator software was created by Crisp Thinking to block online pervs — …
It looks like a lot of us enjoy torturing island natives during our spare time. Bolt Creative said today that its Pocket God game has sold more than two million copies on the iPhone.
The company contends that it is …
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Meebo, the online instant messaging company, has been picking up users at a rapid rate, breezing along with high-profile backing by VC firm Sequoia Capital.
But its move today to deliver games on its platform is its most ambitious …
Brash Entertainment, a new Los Angeles company, said it is launching today with $400 million in financial backing to offer high-quality video games based on movie releases, television and music.
This is a massive amount of money, considering that the …
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Outspark, a company with offices in Seoul, Korea and San Francisco that hopes to help publish Asian multiplayer online games in English, said it has raised a $4 million first round of financing from Altos Ventures and Doll Capital …
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Wazap is a search engine company focused exclusively on games, and is growing quickly — as you may expect, given the popularity of games.
It’s another of those ideas that seems so obvious in hindsight, you’re left wondering why …
