EA launched Madden NFL Superstars on Facebook! Electronic Arts has launched their latest social game named Madden NFL Superstars on the Facebook social network. The game essentially allow Facebook users to make their own fantasy teams from the actual players currently playing in NFL. They can then compete against each other or even with real [...]
Google makes another social acquisition: SocialDeck Google has made yet another acquisition related to social gaming industry. They have now acquired SocialDeck which specializes in developing mobile games for several platforms. Google has confirmed the deal. Financial details have not been revealed. The company did say that this deal compliments their existing development team based [...]
Microsoft Xbox Live Gold prices going up soon Microsoft has announced that they are raising the prices of their Xbox Live Gold service. The price hike would be implemented from November 1 in four markets: USA, Canada, UK and Mexico. The company is however offering a short period discounted offer for one year upgrades. Microsoft [...]
Lenovo to enter videogame console market! China based personal computer maker Lenovo has announced that they are going to launch a videogame console later this year. The company aims to compete against the bad boys including Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. Lenovo stated that they have developed a prototype they call eBox. It would be sold [...]
AMD kills the ATI branding as it look towards the future AMD has a sad news for all the fans of ATI out there. The company is killing the ATI brand. AMD would be the sole brand name used with all their graphic cards in the future. AMD is however retaining the sub brands. These [...]
Google Games: Mark DeLoura leaves Google already Google is said to be working hard on their online social gaming platform likely to be named Google Games. The search engine giant recently hired Mark DeLoura who has previously worked for some of the biggest videogame companies out there. However, things are not looking alright as DeLoura [...]
Valve: We are not working on a Linux edition of Steam Valve has made an official statement of sort that they are not working on a Linux edition of Steam. The company recently launched the Mac version which has been a hit with Apple fans. The launch of Steam on Mac platform forced Apple to [...]
Portal 2 likely to launch in February next year Industry sources indicate that Portal 2 would only arrive in February next year. The game was previously expected to launch this year itself. Stephen Merchant is rumored to be one of the voices to feature in this game.
Sony PlayStation 3 gets more storage options 160GB and 320GB Sony has announced that they are now launching some new variants of their PlayStation 3 gaming console. These new variants would feature increased storage space. Two new models are being launched with 160GB and 320GB storage capacity. The company said that this has been made [...]
Zynga now acquiring Conduit Labs Conduit Labs is the latest acquisition by social gaming industry giants Zynga. The financial aspects of this deal have not been disclosed. Zynga said that Conduit Labs would now function as Zynga Boston. The company now has gaming studios in San Francisco, Austin, Baltimore, Bangalore, Beijing, Los Angeles, and Los [...]
