[caption id="attachment_2986" align="alignleft" width="288"] Karl Mehta CEO, PlaySpan Inc.[/caption] JUNE 22, 2009 • As micro-transactions for online games grow in North America, developers and publishers are increasingly looking for experienced...

[caption id="attachment_8732" align="alignleft" width="400"] Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick.[/caption] JUNE 19, 2009 • Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick took Sony Computer Entertainment to task for not reducing the price...

[caption id="attachment_11309" align="alignleft" width="450"] Left 4 Dead is a high quality first-person shooter.[/caption] JUNE 16, 2009 • As the game industry rapidly evolves from a packaged goods business to a...

JUNE 10, 2009 • Doom Resurrection for the iPhone was announced by id Software. The game was built from the ground up as an iPhone title in partnership  with Escalation...

JUNE 9, 2009 • Daily Variety reported that one of the major reasons Atari acquired Cryptic Studios was to develop an MMO based on the Neverwinter Nights franchise originally created...

[caption id="attachment_2971" align="alignleft" width="375"] More and more consumers are getting their games digitally.[/caption] JUNE 8, 2009 • The future of distribution is online. Across a spectrum of entertainment industries and...

JUNE 4, 2009 • Intel Corp. wants to get more of its processors into consumer electronics and mobile devices.   To this end, Intel acquired Alameda, Calif.-based Wind River for $884...

[caption id="attachment_8716" align="alignleft" width="500"] The Xbox Originals program is now complete.[/caption] JUNE 1, 2009 • One new Xbox Live feature Microsoft Game Studios did not highlight at this summer's E3...