[caption id="attachment_9943" align="alignleft" width="390"] Nokia's Stephen Elop and Microsoft's Steve Ballmer.[/caption] FEB. 10, 2011 • Finland's Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, has partnered with Microsoft Corp. to adopt...

FEB. 10, 2011 • Visa Inc. is acquiring the digital goods transaction firm PlaySpan Inc. in Santa Clara, Calif. PlaySpan is being purchased for around $190 million in cash, plus additional...

FEB. 9, 2011 • According to research group IDC, consumer electronics manufacturers shipped more smartphones worldwide than PCs. The number of smartphones shipped during the last three months of 2010...

[caption id="attachment_9932" align="alignleft" width="390"] Activision Blizzard chief executive Bobby Kotick.[/caption] FEB. 9, 2011 • In the release of it financial results for the calendar year ending Dec. 31, Activision Blizzard...

FEB. 8, 2011 • Independent U.K. studio Jagex, creator of the hit MMO Runescape, sealed new agreements with venture capital firms to help fund upcoming projects.  Investments came in from three...

FEB. 8, 2011 • Taiwan-based mobile phone manufacturer HTC invested $40 million in cloud streaming game service Onlive Inc. The investment gives HTC 5.3 million preferential shares of OnLive, each...

DECEMBER 23, 2010 • As both the Free-to-Play (F2P) and mobile game segments are both firmly established and generating revenue growth opportunities, the ongoing challenge has become how best to...

DEC. 15, 2010 • DFC Intelligence has tended to focus on looking at markets by country and platform. This is obviously an important way to segment the market. However, as...