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01.12.12
CES 2012: The Shift In Facebook Gaming

For those of you who just can't get into console gaming and could care less about owning a handheld system, there is an alternative solution -- your computer.  And no, we don't mean buying games that would run on your hardware.  We mean ones that are actually built into a browser or, better yet, a website.  And it seems like Facebook is getting stronger than ever when it comes to demonstrating this business tactic.

09.12.11
Browser-Based Game Publisher Bigpoint Expands with 49Games Acquisition

Browser-based video game publisher continues its rapid expansion. The game maker has taken over the entire production team of Hamburg-based development studio 49Games. More than 40 full-time employees will now become part of Bigpoint’s international team and will be developing online games instead of console titles. The current projects under development in 49Games will be completed by the production team. Aside from the production team, all rights to their multiplatform technology, assets, licenses etc. remain the property of 49Games GmbH.

06.02.11
E3 Week will See Nintendo 3DS System Update with Internet Browser, Online Store and Pokédex 3D

Nintendo of America has announced that the first major system update for Nintendo 3DS will be available E3 week in North America the evening of June 6. While the company is showing off its new Project Cafe console, gamers will be able to enhance their portable system. By installing the free update via a wireless broadband Internet connection, Nintendo 3DS users will have access to an Internet browser and the Nintendo eShop, which contains a variety of new content, including Pokedex 3D, an application that lets fans see Pokémon characters in 3D. To celebrate the grand opening of the Nintendo eShop, Nintendo is offering the NES game Excitebike re-mastered in 3D as a free download until July 7 for anyone who installs the system update. Upcoming Virtual Console content available in the Nintendo eShop includes Game Boy games Super Mario Land, Alleyway, and Radar Mission. New content will be added to the Nintendo eShop on Thursdays.

05.16.11
Bigpoint Launches First American-Made Game with Sci-Fi Shooter Ruined
German online game publisher Bigpoint has launched the open Beta of its first title built entirely in the United States, Ruined. Set in wrecked venues inspired by some of San Francisco’s best known landmarks such as the Golden Gate Bridge, Ruined is a fast-paced, tournament-style third-person shooter that pits players against one another in a competition to become the ultimate villain.
09.15.10
World Golf Tour Adds Celtic Manor Course to Free Online Game
Celtic Manor’s Twenty Ten Course has been added to the roster of championship golf courses on World Golf Tour. The company has also launched a virtual Celtic Manor tournament at www.wgt.com/celticmanor with a grand prize golf trip to Celtic Manor in South Wales, UK. Working closely with Celtic Manor, World Golf Tour has recreated The Twenty Ten course online in virtual reality using stunning HD photography and technology, enabling anyone to experience the new course built specifically to host this year’s Ryder Cup.
08.31.10
Bigpoint Brings GTA-Style Open World Gaming to the PC Browser with Poisonville

HAMBURG -- After almost two years in development and a $2.5 million budget, Bigpoint is bringing a 3D open world game to the free-to-play, browser-based business model. Poisonville officially went live during GamesCom 2010 in Cologne. The Hamburg-based developer and publisher's latest 3D action MMOG (Massively Multiplayer Online Game) sets new standards in the browser-game industry. The game’s producer disccuses the new game in this exclusive video interview from the publisher’s global headquarters in Hamburg.

08.31.10
German Casual Games Publisher Bigpoint Gives Zynga Competition with Farmerama

HAMBURG -- While Zynga’s Facebook game, Farmville, remains a big draw in North America, in Europe, Bigpoint’s free-to-play browser-based game Farmerama is all the rage. The game has over 10 million active players and has recently took home best online game at the German Game Awards (LARA). Farmerama producer Jan-Michel Saaksmeir talks about the casual games sensation in this exclusive interview.

06.12.10
E3 2010: Gameforge Boldy Goes with New Free-to-Play Online Star Trek Games

Just in time for E3 2010, German videogame publisher Gameforge has inked a worldwide licensing agreement with CBS Consumer Products to publish free-to-play (F2P) browser games based on the legendary science-fiction franchise Star Trek. Acquiring the Star Trek license marks the start of Gameforge’s global expansion, as the online game publisher begins development to bring the Star Trek universe to life in browser-based properties, beginning in 2011. The first games under the international licensing agreement will take players into the deep reaches of space in the Star Trek Classic timeline as well as the tumultuous and vibrant timeline of Star Trek Deep Space Nine.

04.21.10
GameCore Takes on Unity in the 3D Browser Game

LOS ANGELES -- While much has been written about game engine company Unity and its impact on social games, a new competitor is out to prove that 3D social gaming and cross-platform development is the future. Helios Interactive CEO Rave Mehta, who is speaking Thursday in Los Angeles at the 3D Gaming Summit, talks about his company’s new cross-platform development toolset, GameCore, and how it could change the dimension of how casual players embrace social games not only on PC and Mac, but on Xbox 360, iPhone and iPad.