Bee Cave Games nets $1.3 million in funding

Bee Cave Games nets $1.3 million in funding:
Online casino dev gathers momentum, will invest in promotion and growth

PopCap: Arrogance is the enemy of a franchise

PopCap: Arrogance is the enemy of a franchise:
Hubris will kill your evergreen IP says founder, as he reveals why the company walked away from Zuma

Ouya games sales may be small, but research opportunity remains

Ouya games sales may be small, but research opportunity remains:
The Ouya Android games console is a proven success at raising money: $8.6m on crowdfunding site Kickstarter followed by a $15m funding round from venture capital firms.

New Character Unleashed in MapleStory: Demon Avenger

New Character Unleashed in MapleStory: Demon Avenger:
The latest addition to Nexon's beloved 2D side-scrolling MMORPG, MapleStory, is the fierce Demon Avenger. Continue reading New Character Unleashed in

General: Excalibur Announced

General: Excalibur Announced:
R2Games has announced a new partnership with Chinese company Beijing Elex to release the mobile MMO, Excalibur, to the Western marketplace.

How Hawken's community manager got his team to embrace player feedback

How Hawken's community manager got his team to embrace player feedback:
This post outlines the PULSE system for surfacing player feedback to the dev team -- created by Evan Berman, community manager on Tera and Hawken. ...

Supercell: "You have to do what's right for players"

Supercell: "You have to do what's right for players":
Ilkka Paananen calls for free-to-play developers to be pro-active

Black Gold's Chinese business model built on loot locks

Black Gold's Chinese business model built on loot locks:
Filed under: Business Models, Game Mechanics, MMO Industry, New Titles, News Items, Free-to-Play, Steampunk, Black Gold Black Gold Online, Snail

That was fast: Deadly Premonition, Divekick, and Among the Sleep approved on Steam Greenlight

That was fast: Deadly Premonition, Divekick, and Among the Sleep approved on Steam Greenlight:
Well, that didn't take long. Deadly Premonition: The Director's Cut and other Steam Greenlight hopefuls have earned...

More than 5 million people log into Facebook to play Stick Run every month.

More than 5 million people log into Facebook to play Stick Run every month.:
More than 5 million people log into Facebook to play Stick Run every month. Now that it's also available on iOS and Android, they never have to stop. Read

Blog: Great game, players agree, but nobody's buying it

Blog: Great game, players agree, but nobody's buying it:
Crabitron has gotten fantastic feedback from players -- but nobody seems to be buying, writes developer John Millard. Why not? He has some thoughts. ...

JoyBits' Doodle series surpasses 100m downloads; new updates and games announced

JoyBits' Doodle series surpasses 100m downloads; new updates and games announced:
JoyBits has announced today that their popular elemental puzzle series Doodle (currently comprised of Doodle God, Doodle Devil, and Doodle Farm) has

Frank Gibeau on next-gen transitions and mobile gaming

Frank Gibeau on next-gen transitions and mobile gaming:
EA Games Label president says that Frostbite engine makes for "efficient and low-risk development"; EA brand power gives them "an unfair advantage in a

Gun Monkeys drops price to keep multiplayer-only game active

Gun Monkeys drops price to keep multiplayer-only game active:
Size Five Games slashes price of multiplayer-only title Gun Monkeys weeks after launch to promote growth of online community. Indie multiplayer

General: Selling Gear for Cash

General: Selling Gear for Cash:
Player vs Player is a new column at MMORPG.com to offer opposing viewpoints on hot topics in the MMO space. In today's column, we take a look

408 Fruit Ninja clones: How does China deal with its mobile problems?

408 Fruit Ninja clones: How does China deal with its mobile problems?:
Strict regulation of an online store can be good for growth, argues China Telecom

Arkadium partners with Big Fish, brings Mahjongg Dimensions Unblocked to iOS

Arkadium partners with Big Fish, brings Mahjongg Dimensions Unblocked to iOS:
New York based developer Arkadium has expanded on its popular Mahjongg Dimensions brand with the help of Big Fish Games, as the pair has launched

Coming soon to a console near you: MMOs

Coming soon to a console near you: MMOs:
Filed under: Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Launches, MMO Industry, New Titles, Previews, PvP, PvE, Free-to-Play, Consoles, Casual, MMOFPS, Free Realms, DC Universe

New iOS Games Tonight: TurtleStrike, Sky Tourist and more!

New iOS Games Tonight: TurtleStrike, Sky Tourist and more!:
Sometimes I never know what to say in these opening sentences before we get to all of the awesome looking new iOS games that are headed to the App Store

PlanetSide 2 Deploys Game Update 13 | Ten Ton Hammer

PlanetSide 2 Deploys Game Update 13 | Ten Ton Hammer:
PlanetSide 2 rolls out its latest update to bring a revamp to Esamir, improve infantry, make new balance changes, and much more.

World of Tanks 8.7 Update Blasts Its Way to Live Servers | Ten Ton Hammer

World of Tanks 8.7 Update Blasts Its Way to Live Servers | Ten Ton Hammer:
World of Tanks rolls its latest tanks off the assembly line along with a new battlefield map.

FIFA Online 3 coming to Thailand and Vietnam, EA's biggest retail partner last quarter was Apple

EA's biggest retail partner last quarter was Apple:
EA's digital revenues are outpacing its retail sales. As part of its quarterly earnings call yesterday, the publisher said it was Apple that drove digital gains.

Blizzard, SOE vets form Molten Games

Blizzard, SOE vets form Molten Games:
New San Diego-based studio looking to combine free-to-play and AAA with millions in funding from NCsoft