Categories Posted inin Business Dota 2 grows larger than World of Warcraft, but League of Legends still crushes both Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2014 2 min Valve's hot online multiplayer game Dota 2 is getting bigger, but it still looks small compared to League of Legends. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Oculus VR continues to suggest that it’s the subject of a shakedown Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2014 2 min Facebook acquired Oculus VR for $2 billion, and now Skyrim publisher Zenimax is asking for royalties. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Oculus VR’s John Carmack: The Rift uses ‘zero lines of code that I wrote while’ at Zenimax Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 2, 2014 2 min The Doom co-creator defended himself and his company from accusations from his former employer. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo once accounted for 10% of Walmart’s profits — and 5 other things I learned from reading ‘Console Wars’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 2, 2014 6 min To convince Walmart to stock the Genesis, Sega took over the retailer's home town. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Eve Online developer is working on Dust 514 shooter follow-up for PC Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 2, 2014 2 min Dust 514 will continue on PlayStation 3, but CCP is looking to bring something similar to PC. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business DayZ’s standalone sales surpass 2 million even though it’s ‘only’ an Early Access game Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 1, 2014 2 min DayZ is still one of the top-selling games on Steam more than four months after its Early Access release. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Glu Mobile agrees to acquire Diner Dash developer PlayFirst Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 1, 2014 2 min Glu will likely give Diner Dash the free-to-play treatment, which is helping the Deer Hunter games make big bucks. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Wonder Woman’s war comes to Gotham: DC Universe Online kicks off Amazon Fury expansion trilogy Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 1, 2014 3 min Sony Online Entertainment is also introducing a new weapon system that will add some balance to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Doom co-creator John Carmack under fire for allegedly taking ‘proprietary technology’ to Facebook’s Oculus VR Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 1, 2014 3 min Zenimax says it owns key technology that makes the Oculus Rift work since Carmack developed it while still an employee of id Software. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile gameplay-recording startup Kamcord presses play on $7.1M funding round Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 1, 2014 2 min Kamcord will use the cash to further developer its technology as well as expand into Japan, China, and Korea. Continue Reading 2 min