Google today announced the launch of Adsense for Games, claiming that this will fuel the growth of the online games sector. Given that video advertising is the sector that is still holding up in these trouble times,...

Latest research from the Internet Advertising Bureau shows that online advertising grew 21% in the first half of 2008. Total online adspend in H1 2008 was £1,682.5 million, up from £1.3 billion in H1 2007.  The total ad...

Last month marked the creation of a global subscription service for games when Turner injected its US-based Gametap subscription service into Metaboli, a predominantly-European service. Turner injected Gametap in return for substantial equity in the merged company....

Kotaku reports that Canadian developer Silicon Knights has laid off 26 workers. In an official statement, Silicon Knights says it has “temporarily” laid off the employees as they ramp up on other projects. In effect, this looks...

Warner has just announced an online distribution experiment that has the potential to change the film distribution model for ever. They will release their films online before they are released on physical DVDs in an affect to...

Ok, so I’ve been slow to blog on the biggest story to hit the games world this year*, but I’ve been thinking about it. Thinking long and hard. On the face of it, this deal looks unlikely....

In a press release today, Nvidia announced that it is reducing headcount by 360, or approximately 6.5% of the workforce. Added to the GameOverZone.