After a brief period of indecision, video streaming and disc-by-mail company Netflix has officially dropped earlier plans to begin offering video game discs by mail. The news was confirmed by CEO Reed Hastings in a conference call with Netflix investors…

While Zynga is currently taking heat for allegedly copying NimbleBit’s Tiny Tower, it isn’t the only major developer to be criticized in recent weeks for borrowing from other games. Social developer and publisher 6waves Lolapps ran into similar trouble last…

[In this reprinted #altdevblogaday in-depth piece, SCEA's senior developer support engineer John McCutchan explains how WebSocket works, how to implement your own server, and lessons he's learned from the protocol.] The WebSocket protocol has applications beyond plain vanilla web development.…

Newsbrief: Seattle-based casual games publisher Big Fish Games announced Thursday that it has appointed mobile and marketing veteran Wibe Wagemans as the general manager of its mobile business. Prior to joining Big Fish, Wagemans served as Rovio’s senior vice president…

Despite slipping well past its previous summer release window, the Facebook version of Rovio’s Angry Birds is still very much alive, and is due to hit the social network on February 14. Speaking to Asia-focused news site Penn Olson, Rovio’s…