Categories Posted inin Business Video Blips: Scarygirl, Kingdom Hearts 3D, and Kinect Rush: A Disney Pixar Adventure Posted byby GamesBeat January 7, 2012 1 min I occasionally find myself looking at the lineup of upcoming games and thinking to myself, "Thank goodness there isn't anything cool coming out; I... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Steam game service doubles sales, reaches 5M concurrent users Posted byby GamesBeat January 7, 2012 1 min Valve disclosed its Steam digital game distribution service has increased sales by more than 100 percent for the seventh year in a row. Steam... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business U.S. Army releases gamer gear for Xbox & PlayStation Posted byby GamesBeat January 6, 2012 1 min That’s as close as the marketers come to stating the obvious: This gear is for Modern Warfare franchise addicts. The lineup includes a three headsets, three rifle controllers and a backpack with a specially cushioned console-carrying area Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Survey: Gamers playing more on mobile than consoles, PCs Posted byby GamesBeat January 6, 2012 1 min Gamers are spending more time on their mobile phones than on their consoles and personal computers, according to a new survey from mobile gaming... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business News Blips: New XCOM strategy game, Epic Games against SOPA, and BioWare’s Old Republic patching dedication Posted byby GamesBeat January 6, 2012 2 min Remember that freaky XCOM display at last year's PAX? Yeah, that was pretty much my reaction face to today's first News Blip. Yes, including... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Video Blips: Mass Effect 3, Final Fantasy 13-2, and The House of the Dead 3 Posted byby GamesBeat January 6, 2012 1 min Today's Video Blips brought to you by the phrase "here, have a gun." Video Blips: • Plunk down some reservation bucks for Mass Effect... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The game within the game: Making mobile gaming work for developers and consumers Posted byby GamesBeat January 6, 2012 3 min 2011 was a banner year for mobile gaming. We’re now seeing 60 percent of smartphone users regularly playing games on their devices and surveys... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard: Diablo 3 ratings delay in Korea won’t hurt global launch Posted byby GamesBeat January 5, 2012 2 min A delayed approval and classification process for Diablo 3 in Korea has caused anxiety about the release date of Blizzard‘s action RPG, one of... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Japanese game industry’s revenue falls 8 percent Posted byby GamesBeat January 5, 2012 1 min Japanese game industry revenue fell 8 percent in 2011, due primarily to a lack of software hits and a steady decline in a major... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Epic Games: “We do not support the current version of SOPA” Posted byby GamesBeat January 5, 2012 2 min Video game developer Epic Games has officially taken a stance against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). In a brief statement on the Epic... Continue Reading 2 min