Social gaming a big winner in smartphone boom
More virtual livestock looks set to be traded and petulant fowl hurled at targets as social gaming takes hold in the booming mobile phone market, industry experts say.
More virtual livestock looks set to be traded and petulant fowl hurled at targets as social gaming takes hold in the booming mobile phone market, industry experts say.
Software
Jun 26, 2011
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(AP) -- Online video service Hulu is exploring putting itself up for sale after receiving an unsolicited takeover offer, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Business
Jun 22, 2011
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Japanese entertainment giant Nintendo will on Saturday launch in its domestic market the world's first video game console with a 3-D screen that works without special glasses.
Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 25, 2011
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Chinese Internet firm Tencent has taken a majority stake in US online game developer Riot Games less than two weeks after announcing plans to launch a $760 million fund to invest in such companies.
Business
Feb 6, 2011
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(AP) -- Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year.
Business
Sep 25, 2009
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Nintendo calls it the Wii Remote. You call it the Wiimote. Al Ries calls it a motion-detecting wand.
Software
Aug 26, 2009
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Nintendo laid out videogame offerings that build on the winning momentum of its popular Wii consoles and DS handheld devices.
Software
Jun 3, 2009
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(AP) -- Lacking the big hits that made the year-ago period a standout, U.S. video game sales dropped sharply in April for the second month in a row as customers continued to watch their wallets.
Software
May 15, 2009
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Nintendo has owned the portable video-game market - first with the Game Boy, now with the DS - for so long that most of us gave up hope of ever seeing a viable competitor. But it's become impossible to ignore the new kid ...
Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 28, 2009
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(AP) -- A startup called Zeebo Inc. is betting that people in emerging markets want to play good video games just as much as people in the U.S., Western Europe and Japan do.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 23, 2009
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