Here’s the scorecard on our 2012 predictions for the game industry
Before you read our forecast for 2013, take a look at how we did on last year's predictions.
The DeanBeat: Game industry predictions for 2013
Predictions are always embarrasing in hindsight, but we love going out on a limb.
The news that shook the game world in 2012
Big failures and surprise successes marked 2012 for the games industry.
The DeanBeat: The Newtown shooting will turn up the heat on video game violence — but will it make us think?
It's time to solve this emotional fight.
Kabam scores big with highest-grossing game on App Store for 2012
Kabam made a name for itself as a maker of hardcore social games on Facebook, but it made an even bigger splash with its first game on the Apple iTunes App Store. Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North placed first on Apple’s list of the highest-grossing apps for 2012.
Updated: Apple freezes the App Store in advance of the holiday app-downloading bonanza
Tis the season to download lots of apps
Wargaming closes 2012 with a whopping 45M World of Tanks players
The company added 27 million players to the game during 2012.
What sales managers can learn from the four types of online gamers
Gamifying sales makes a lot of sense, so you should understand the types of gamers.
Visualizing a tough year for the retail core game industry
This month-by-month breakdown shows how severely game sales have changed from 2011 to 2012.