Hava will merge its latest acquisition with its own online gaming venture Won.net to create Flipside.com - the second largest gaming site in the world, according to Hubert Joly, CEO of Hava Interactive.
Analysts and game publishers have modest expectations for both approaches, with few expecting online gaming via consoles to draw a significant audience until a new generation of Internet-ready game boxes enters the market in a few years.
Executives at Electronic Arts (EA), the parent company of the game's creator, Maxis studio, which also created Sim City, have touted the game as vindication of the company's substantial investment in online gaming.
Game developers, particularly at larger studios, typically write their own software engines for handling transactions and other behind-the scenes functions, an approach that seldom pays off in a better game, said Patricia Fry, head of the gaming...
Online bookie and gaming firm sportingbet has pushed turnover beyond the £1bn mark and boosted pre-tax profit more than fivefold to £9.2m. The company faces some regulatory hurdles, with Denmark and Holland in dispute with the EU over jurisdiction...
And it continues to expand its offerings, with technology playing a central part in its plans for new products to entertain those of us who like to gamble - earlier this week it launched an online game allowing punters to bet on virtual football...