Kudos to Kristian Segerstrale and the team at Playfish. Playfish has just secured $17 million in funding from Accel Partners and Index Ventures. This takes the total that the team has raised to $21 million. I have...

According to Develop, Swedish developer Avalanche has just laid off 77 staff following the cancellation of 2 major projects worth $34 million. The company continues to work on Just Cause 2 for Eidos and co-production with Emote...

Yesterday, Eidos altered its standstill agreement with Warner Bros. The agreement, put in place at the time of the April fundraising, stopped Warner from raising its stake in Eidos without permission. Warner is now able to raise...

The world’s biggest bookseller is branching out. Amazon has just bought casual game portal Reflexive in a move that will strengthen its digital distribution expertise and increase its exposure to a market that has essentially eluded it...

Diner Dash creator Gamelab has made ten of its 25 staff redundant. The company is now focused exclusively on Gamestar Mechanic, a “multiplayer online game for kids that lets them create games”. Added to the Job Loss...

Kongregate Labs is Kongregate’s attempt to show its users how to make games themeselves. It’s a sensible strategy – user-generated games are hard to make compared to Wiki entries or home videos, and yet Kongregate’s lifeblood is...

YouTube announces that it will put a link besides video game trailers that will take users to Amazon where they can buy the game. Well, duh!