Categories Posted inin Business Hasbro acquires majority stake in mobile developer Backflip Studios for $112M Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 2 min In addition to its original games, Backflip will begin making games based on Hasbro titles. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA Sports wipes former Patriot Aaron Hernandez from its games following murder charges Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 1 min EA Sports will update NCAA Football 14 to remove an image of Aaron Hernandez. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision majority stakeholder Vivendi wants to squeeze cash from the publisher Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 3 min Vivendi's profits are dipping and its debts are mounting, so it is looking to Activision to add some cash to its balance sheet. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Roswell UFO incident gets Google Doodle adventure game Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 1 min Google makes a microgame to celebrate the famous alien conspiracy incident. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rockstar Games will finally reveal Grand Theft Auto V gameplay tomorrow Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 1 min Rockstar will publish a gameplay trailer tomorrow at 10 a.m. Eastern. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard taps NetEase to release freemium card game Hearthstone in China Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 2 min Hearthstone is heading for one of the world's biggest market for free-to-play games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Square Enix releasing Deus Ex: The Fall for iOS this week Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 1 min The futuristic role-playing game will hit iOS devices Thursday. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Miyamoto blames software delays on Wii U development requiring ‘about twice the human resources’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 5, 2013 2 min Miyamoto explains that Nintendo underestimated the difficulty of transitioning to HD development. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rumored EA survey suggests SimCity could get offline mode and bigger cities Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 5, 2013 2 min Survey asks players how they would feel about an expansion that adds bigger cities and a classic offline mode. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game Freak introduces new Pokémon, Honedge, and explains the inspiration for X and Y Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 5, 2013 1 min Game Freak set the new game in a France-like world. Continue Reading 1 min