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RealNetworks hires industry vet Atul Bali to lead video game division

by Taylor Soper on April 8, 2014April 8, 2014 at 8:51 am1 Comment

RealNetworks today announced that Atul Bali, a 20-year gaming industry vet, will head up the company’s video game division beginning later this month. Bali was previously the CEO of Aristocrat Technologies,… Read More

The future of freemium games: How GameHouse sees the model evolving

by Blair Hanley Frank on November 1, 2013November 1, 2013 at 2:54 pmComment

Chances are, if you own a smartphone, you play a freemium or free-to-play game — downloading the app for free, with the ability to unlock features for a price. Whether… Read More

RealNetworks buys social casino game Slingo for $15.6M as ‘Zynga Slingo’ shuts down

by Taylor Soper on July 31, 2013July 31, 2013 at 10:28 amComment

RealNetworks’ GameHouse division continued making a splash in the social gaming arena today, announcing the acquisition of social casino company Slingo Inc. for $15.6 million. Slingo is an immensely popular online game with billions of… Read More

Here’s how you can win $100K by playing a free social casino game

by Taylor Soper on July 31, 2013July 31, 2013 at 11:10 am1 Comment

Real-money gambling hasn’t quite made it to the United States yet, but that doesn’t mean you can’t win a nice chunk of money — like, $100,000 — via free-to-play social… Read More

Seattle tech vet Matt Hulett named CEO of ClickBank

by Todd Bishop on May 6, 2013May 6, 2013 at 1:24 pm 6 Comments

Matt Hulett, the Seattle startup veteran who was most recently president of RealNetworks’ video-game division, has been named the CEO of ClickBank, a Boise-based digital content creation, distribution and marketing… Read More

GameHouse launches new Facebook casino, expands slots to iPhone and iPad

by Todd Bishop on February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 at 6:02 am 5 Comments

GameHouse is placing a bigger bet on casino-style social gaming starting today— moving beyond its existing Facebook slots game to launch a larger casino on the social network, with more… Read More

Tech Moves: GameHouse taps Keela Robison; NanoString hires biotech vet Bruce Seely

by John Cook on May 29, 2012May 29, 2012 at 9:28 am1 Comment

Keela Robison is returning to her roots. After stints at Amazon.com and WhitePages, Robison is returning to RealNetworks’ and its GameHouse unit. Robison, who will serve as vice president of… Read More

RealNetworks posts wider loss, new CEO cites progress

by Todd Bishop on May 2, 2012May 2, 2012 at 2:04 pm1 Comment

RealNetworks today posted first-quarter revenue of $67 million, a decline of 23 percent, with a quarterly loss of $17 million — slipping further into the red as all of its… Read More

Tech Moves: Cray taps Microsoft GM as CTO; Weber names creative director; etc.

by John Cook on April 19, 2012April 19, 2012 at 11:13 amComment

William Blake, the former general manager of parallel computing platforms at Microsoft Corp., has been named senior vice president and chief technology officer at supercomputer giant Cray Inc. Blake has more… Read More

GameHouse president Matt Hulett joins board of Yapta

by John Cook on January 31, 2012January 31, 2012 at 8:23 amComment

Yapta has named GameHouse president Matt Hulett to the board, part of an ongoing transformation of the Seattle startup from a consumer travel company to one focused on business-to-business services.… Read More

Tablets are the new game consoles, and other game industry predictions for 2012

by Matt Hulett on January 5, 2012January 5, 2012 at 11:46 am 2 Comments

Guest Commentary: The video game industry is changing like never before. Here are my best attempts at peering into the crystal ball for 2012: Prediction #1: Tablets are the new game… Read More

GameHouse: Women who play online games have more sex

by Todd Bishop on November 18, 2011November 18, 2011 at 6:51 am 2 Comments

A new survey commissioned by GameHouse, the RealNetworks video-game division, finds that women who play online games are more social than those who don’t and also have sex more frequently… Read More

GameHouse first to pilot Facebook Credits outside Facebook

by Todd Bishop on October 24, 2011October 24, 2011 at 10:31 am 2 Comments

Facebook is beginning to expand its Facebook Credits system beyond its own social networking site with a new initiative called Facebook Credits for Websites. Seattle-based GameHouse, the RealNetworks games division,… Read More

GameHouse chief: EA’s PopCap deal is ‘huge validation’ for sector

by John Cook on July 13, 2011July 13, 2011 at 4:25 pm1 Comment

Given the timing, EA’s blockbuster deal to acquire Seattle’s PopCap Games for between $750 million and $1.3 billion is destined to be Topic No. 1 in the hallways at next… Read More

Geek of the Week: Braden Moulton, GameHouse

by Todd Bishop on June 15, 2011October 1, 2011 at 1:44 am 2 Comments

Back in the 1990s, Braden Moulton scripted a website to display his resume as if it were the opening text sequence of the Star Wars movies. Of course, it got… Read More