Categories Posted inin Entertainment Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to direct a movie about how Sega took on Nintendo Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 2 min The Sega Genesis versus the Super Nintendo was one of the earliest battles in the “console wars,” and now some filmmakers that specialize in... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why Steam matters: Valve’s ambitious plan for the future of the PC Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 13 min A technology company in Washington state has 75 million users. It earns more profits-per-employee than Apple or Google, and its fans adore it. That... Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Business DayZ creator plans to leave developer Bohemia Interactive Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 2 min Dean Hall will leave Bohemia later this year to start a new studio in his home country of New Zealand. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business BioShock franchise isn’t dead even after Irrational closure and underwhelming Infinite sales Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2014 2 min Irrational spent five years making BioShock Infinite. The disc version of Minecraft for Xbox 360 outsold it. Now, Irrational is no more. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Report finds free-to-play microtransactions make up 79% of U.S. app store revenues Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2014 2 min While paid apps are still performing well, the free-to-play model is growing at a huge rate around the world. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ditching the physical: 16% of consumers play digital only Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2014 3 min As more gamers purchase the new consoles, analysts predict more will adopt digital as their primary method of purchasing software. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Indie heist hit Monaco reaches 500K in sales — but only 36K on Xbox 360 Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 20, 2014 2 min Steam and the Humble Bundle help Pocketwatch Games bring in the bank. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The memes, music, and religions of the Twitch Plays Pokémon experiment Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 20, 2014 4 min Thousands of people are working together through chaos and democracy to play Pokémon, and it is spinning off some weird sects. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Ghosts patch fixes stability errors and introduces new features Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 20, 2014 4 min Infinity Ward is adding things like new leaderboards and additional features for the Call of Duty App. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business PS4 horror game Daylight puts Twitch viewers in control of its scares Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 20, 2014 2 min Chatters on Twitch can input commands that will then manifest within the game. Continue Reading 2 min