Mobile performance tests: HTML5 vs. Flash (AIR)
With iOS 5 finally getting a hardware accelerated 2D canvas and becoming a viable platform for writing mobile HTML5 games, it’s interesting to take a look at the performance of …Read more
HTML5 News
All of ID software's open source releases are now on Github
This isn’t directly HTML5 Game Development related, but it’s extremely interesting anyway: ID Software has put all of their open-source release up on GitHub, making it dead simple to peruse …Read more
Ian Bogost of Cow Clicker: Deep Thoughts on Gaming
Gaming-world academic and game designer Ian Bogost, who rose to some level of fame for satirizing point Social Media games with his (in)famous satire Cow Clicker responds to Slashdot user …Read more
JavaScript Pointer Lock (Mouse Lock) in Chrome Developer Preview
Makers of online FPS’s rejoice! Mouse Lock has popped up in the Chrome Developer Preview (so far Fullscreen only mode, but it will be available in Windowed mode in the …Read more
HTML5 Gaming: The sound of inevitability
There’s a scene in the original Matrix near the end where one of the Agents is holding Neo in front of a train and says: “Do you hear that sound …Read more
The Reality of HTML5 Game Development and making money from it
An excellent, in-depth article on the current state of HTML5 game development and its monetization potential by Richard Davey, who also runs HTML5GameDevs.com. If you are new to the HTML5 …Read more
Amazon Boosting Game Teams in Seattle, CA with Social & Mobile Focus
Amazon.com’s cloud-computing services already power some of the biggest names in online gaming. Its new Kindle Fire tablet and app storeare giving game publishers a critical new sales channel. And …Read more
Survey: 75% of game developers using or planning to use HTML5
GameZebo has details about a survey by Evans Data did of 1200 developers worldwide: Conducted by Evans Data, the survey questioned 1200 developers worldwide at the end of last year, …Read more
Mozilla Vision 2012: The Future of HTML5 and Web Technologies
The Mozilla conference is currently going on in Tokyo, Japan and Chris Heilmann, Principal HTML5 Evangelist at Mozilla has put together a blog post and presentation on the future HTML5 …Read more
BrassMonkey Launches HTML5 SDK
BrassMonkey, a company aiming to turn any browser into a game console and your phone into the controller, has launched their HTML5 SDK.
Webcam access in Opera Labs
The Opera Browser desktop team has written a blog post on how access to the WebCam is available in Opera Labs and is up to date with the getusermedia specification. …Read more
Web Browser Grand Prix: Chrome 16, Firefox 9, And Mac OS X
This isn’t directly game related, but Tom’s hardware has an extremely in-depth Browser vs. Browser analysis. Pitting the latest versions of Chrome, Safari, Firebox, IE and Opera in a race …Read more
AT&T HTML5 Mobile App Store
The HTML5 Bandwagon got kicked into the next gear with the announcement at CES 2012 that AT&T is developing an HTML5 App store for devices on it’s mobile network for …Read more
Partnership with HTML5GameDevs.com
We’ve pleased to announce we’ve partnered up with http://www.html5gamedevs.com/ to exchange HTML5 Game Developer related news and information. Look for more news and info coming in from across the pond. …Read more
Moblyng, Mobile HTML5 Game Dev shuts down
GamaSutra is reporting that Mobylng, a HTML5 Game Developer focused on the mobile market has shuttered it’s doors. Moblyng had raised over $10 million in funding since opening in 2005. …Read more
HTML5 Gaming 2011 and 2012
Justin Siegal , the CEO of Boston based mobile social network MocoSpace was written an article on forbes titled The 10 Most Important Events In Mobile Gaming In 2011. Regarding …Read more
Pokki $50k HTML5 Game Development Conference
Pokki, a platform for building Desktop App with HTML5 recently announced a contest with $50k in prizes, where the winner gets $30k and a trip to GDC in 2012. Submissions …Read more
Chrome will receive Gamepad, Microphone and Webcam support
Google developer Advocate Paul Kinlan announced at the Develop conference in Liverpool that Chrome is going to get a number of Game-friendly features in Q1-Q2 2012 – specifically Gamepad support …Read more