‘Games’ Archives
New ‘gamification’ school opens for kids in the classroom
GameDesk, a nonprofit organization that develops game-based learning initiatives, has now begun running their own classroom. Funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, GameDesk has started a school in Los Angeles that focuses on gamification of the classroom – [Read More]
EA adding online games to reduce reliance on retail sales
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA), trading near lows not seen since March 1999, climbed as much as 8.4 percent after reporting a smaller quarterly loss than analysts expected and saying it would buy back as much as $500 million in stock. The second-largest U.S. video-game maker, [Read More]
Teen charged with murder after online video game gets violent
While details are still a bit sketchy, an Oakley, California teen has been arrested for attempted murder after an altercation while playing a video game online turned to real-world violence. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon after two friends – an unnamed [Read More]
Zynga COO stripped of game duties – is the company thinking more mobile?
John Schappert surprised industry watchers in April last year when he said he would be leaving his COO post at Electronic Arts to join the fast-growing FarmVille developer Zynga. A year and three months later, he’s being stripped of his duties overseeing game [Read More]
Kids classics get a ‘game’ spin thanks to Oxford University Press
“50 Great Reads Before 15″ Initiative Gamifies Oxford’s Most Popular Classics in Partnership with SecretBuilders Oxford University Press, the world’s largest university press, is announcing a partnership with mobile and social web game developer [Read More]
What’s happening to Zynga?
Analysts are taking another look at the online social games industry after Zynga missed the mark in its second-quarter earnings report. The San Francisco-based creator of such popular online games as FarmVille and Mafia Wars had a dizzying market capitalization of $8.5 [Read More]
New online game teaches kids compassion in caring for virtual pets
Last week, the development team at Cackleberries Entertainment unveiled “Frobit House,” its newest compassion-focused addition to its online game world called Oville. Cackleberries CEO, Eronne Foster, said, “Teaching young children to look after pets is a [Read More]
Companies using virutual gaming strategies to compete
In the high-stakes, $5 billion-plus potato chip market, up-and-comer Popchips can’t begin to compete with a giant such as Frito-Lay when it comes to money for advertising and marketing its “never fried, never baked” potato chips. So San Francisco-based [Read More]
New GreenUp game turns kids who love to grow stuff into virtual botanists
As any parent who has helped a child shepherd a lowly bean seed from germination to fruition knows, kids love to grow things. In Green Up, a universal app from isy Games, kids grow a variety of seeds in different environments. Green Up bears a superficial resemblance to [Read More]
