User engagement is the new user acquisition
SAN FRANCISCO — John Koetsier, vice president of research at VentureBeat, took the stage at GamesBeat 2015 to talk about the changing world of...
Why authenticity is one of the most important parts of game marketing
SAN FRANCISCO — “Authenticity” in the gaming sphere is both a simple and profoundly complex topic, representing the connection between the ideas, people, and...
India’s gaming market is ripe — ‘but they’re not monetizing’
Updated at 9:20 p.m. Pacific to fix number of smartphones sold in India. It is 200 million. –Ed. SAN FRANCISCO — India is a...
Watch GamesBeat 2015 conference day two right here
We’re onto day two of GamesBeat, and you can watch it here. Today, some of the gaming industry’s top minds will take the stage...
Friday the 13th imagined as an asymmetrical multiplayer game? Yes, please, and thank you!
I’m really liking this developing trend of design teams taking a classic horror franchise and being intelligent about what video game genre to plug...
The trapped-in-a-game story becomes your reward in genre-hopping shooter Bedlam
Bedlam changes genres every hour or two, but two things remain the same: how enjoyable you’ll find the story and how lackluster you’ll find the...
Asus’s upcoming Republic of Gamers line is a gaming hardware buffet
Asus is firing off a load of game hardware this holiday, including a game-centric router
Game Insight reveals tower defense-based spinoff for its strategy hit, Cloud Raiders
SAN FRANCISCO — Dead men tell no tales, but they do build plenty of towers. Developer Game Insight revealed a spin-off of its pirate-based...
Man plays Minecraft for 35 hours in world record attempt
We sometimes hear about marathon gaming sessions ending in disaster, but here’s one that didn’t. Joe Kelly of Cheltenham, U.K., played Minecraft for 35...
Talking Tom hits 3 billion downloads worldwide
A series of apps featuring friendly characters that appear in their own YouTube Kids short videos just racked up their 3 billionth download without ever...