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Stonetrip’s ShiVa 3D engine ports iPhone games to Android in under and hour

Dan Taylor — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:19:26 +0000

France based gaming engine developer Stonestrip announced yesterday that their ShiVa 3D gaming engine now supports the Android platform. Those already employing ShiVa’s technology now have beta access to the authoring tool, with a full release slated for sometime within the next two weeks.

EA plans Masters release of Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online

Dan Taylor — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:37:27 +0000

EA Sports announced yesterday, in conjunction with Tiger Woods’ return to golf statement, that the full commercial version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour Online will go live on or around the time of this years’ upcoming Masters golf tournament.

Playdom plays on – invests $5m in MetroGames

Dan Taylor — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:02:15 +0000

Late yesterday afternoon, social games developer Playdom announced that they’re investing $5 million in a Series A funding round for Argentinian social games startup MetroGames. To date, MetroGames has produced approximately 30 games, available to the public both via their own platform, as well as Facebook. The investment is slated to further expand MetroGames’ pipeline of games and development of it’s social gaming platform.

Clouding Gaming – coming soon to a PC or Mac near you

Dan Taylor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:35:33 +0000

OnLive, which made a big splash at last year’s Game Developers Conference with their introduction of cloud gaming is back on the radar with their recent “coming soon…”announcement. Announced on the OnLive blog, CEO Steve Perlman rolled out more specifics about the service promising, “direct access to OnLive games without being required to subscribe.”

Excalibur Online opens closed beta to 1000 exclusive invitees

Dan Taylor — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:50:29 +0000

Omniverse Games has recently announced an exclusive beta tester event for the upcoming Excalibur Online title. The browser based, real-time strategy MMO, developed by Radiance Digital Entertainment will open the doors to an exclusive 1000 players, beginning on March 18, 2010.

Frogster joins the masses – enters Facebook gaming

Dan Taylor — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:20:35 +0000

Frogster announced yesterday that they’re jumping in the Facebook game, and will be bringing a slimmed down version of their popular “Runes of Magic” free-to-play MMO. The Facebook version, titled, “Runes of Magic – The Challenge” will be the companies first foray into the rapidly growing casual games on social networks.

Is MySpace going Hi5?

Dan Taylor — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:07:35 +0000

Announced at yesterday’s GDC events, MySpace has completely revamped the Games section, allowing both developers and players much easier access to application and analytics tools, and discovery and sharing, respectively.

GDC News: Battlestar Galactica MMO coming soon

Dan Taylor — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:41:23 +0000

Announced yesterday at the annual GDC, German based MMO developer Bigpoint will be bringing a browser-based MMO version of Battlestar Galactica to consumers “this fall.”

Sony takes the Facebook plunge

Dan Taylor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:09:08 +0000

Sony announced yesterday that they’re getting into gaming outside the PC or console/handheld world. This marks the first time in over a decade that SOE has announced a title outside their own comfort zone.

Sony’s train keeps a rollin’ – 9 million Free Realms players in the bag

Dan Taylor — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:54:28 +0000

Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) recently announced that they’ve surpassed the 9 million player mark with Free Realms.