UPDATE: Chris Nuttall of the FT reports that the Changyou IPO priced at the top of the range ($16), and that the shares had risen 25 per cent by the end of the first day’s trading. A...

Wired has run an article on German boardgame The Settlers of Catan that has swept the world and is beginning to make Americans play board games again. It’s social, quick to play and attracts both adults and...

BusinessWeek reports that Facebook is seeking $100 million in debt financing for its rapidly increasing server needs. The reason: photos. Well, not quite, but Facebook had 10 billion photos last October, when it had 100 million users....

Sony has announced a fund that will help games studios make their “next step from developer to publisher.” According to Gamesindustry.biz, Chris Eden, Sony’s development relations manager, told an audience at the Game Developers Conference today that...

The games industry’s reliance on sequels and big brand franchises won’t cut it in in the new world of social networking. That was the message from Kristian Segerstrale, CEO of Playfish, at GDC. Playfish is one of...

The company may only be 9 months old, but this week Ngmoco snapped up another $10 million, bringing the total raised to $15 million. New investors Norwest Venture Partners join Kleiner Perkins and Maples Investments. The deal...

I’m no expert on Japanese redundancies, but Anime News Network is reporting that Marvelous Entertainment is asking for 20 of its employees to voluntarily retire. Marvelous, best known in the West for Harvest Moon, had 120 employees...