Longtime game publisher Atari has reported decreased revenues for its most recent fiscal year, and has sold off a number of its remaining assets to refocus its efforts on mobile games. For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012, Atari’s…

Newsbrief: Social app and game monetization company Tapjoy has launched a $5 million fund for developers in Asia making free-to-play games on Android and iOS. The firm’s Tapjoy Asia Fund will not only give qualifying developers capital for their projects,…

Continuing his Tales from the GDC Vault series, GDC historian Jason Scott has digitized and uploaded five notable videos from the 1998 Computer Game Developers Conference, all of which are available online for the first time. These classic CGDC videos…

After exploding in recent years, the rate of audience growth for social games is now slowing considerably in the U.S., according to a new study. The Magid Media Futures 2012 study has found that not only is user growth slowing…

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Konami has joined a number of major mobile social game companies that are abandoning a questionable virtual goods sales practice that’s been the source of controversy in Japan lately. The publisher and many other game companies took a hit at…

Best known for its Ratchet & Clank and Resistance franchises, the Burbank, California-based Insomniac Games recently announced its new foray into the world of social games — a move that isn’t entirely surprising, given that the company formed a new…

Mojang and 4J Studios’ recently-released Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has broken a digital sales record on the Xbox 360, as its day-one sales have outpaced those of every other game on Xbox Live Arcade. Microsoft did not provide exact figures,…

Ubisoft and Marvel will release Avengers: Battle for Earth on Wii U and Xbox 360 Kinect this fall — after THQ passed on an opportunity to release its own tie-in games for the blockbuster movie and comic book franchise. The…

Tokyo-headquartered online game publisher Nexon has posted increases in revenue and profits year-over-year, thanks to the company’s focus on the free-to-play business model. The company said it saw strong growth for its free-to-play and online games in China and Korea…