Categories Posted inin Business One of Hearthstone’s most powerful combo cards — Warsong Commander — gets nerfed Posted byby Mike Minotti October 13, 2015 2 min It’s a good day for Hearthstone players, unless you usually play the Patron Warrior deck. Blizzard announced today that it is nerfing the Warsong... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Star Wars: Battlefront had 9M gamers battling for the Empire and Rebel Alliance Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 13, 2015 1 min Electronic Arts’ first jump into a new era of Star Wars is off to a strong start. The publisher revealed today that its Star Wars: Battlefront... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business User engagement is the new user acquisition Posted byby Mike Minotti October 13, 2015 1 min SAN FRANCISCO — John Koetsier, vice president of research at VentureBeat, took the stage at GamesBeat 2015 to talk about the changing world of... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why authenticity is one of the most important parts of game marketing Posted byby GamesBeat October 13, 2015 2 min SAN FRANCISCO — “Authenticity” in the gaming sphere is both a simple and profoundly complex topic, representing the connection between the ideas, people, and... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business India’s gaming market is ripe — ‘but they’re not monetizing’ Posted byby GamesBeat October 13, 2015 3 min 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... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Watch GamesBeat 2015 conference day two right here Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 13, 2015 1 min 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... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Friday the 13th imagined as an asymmetrical multiplayer game? Yes, please, and thank you! Posted byby GamesBeat October 13, 2015 1 min 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... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The trapped-in-a-game story becomes your reward in genre-hopping shooter Bedlam Posted byby GamesBeat October 13, 2015 6 min 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... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Asus’s upcoming Republic of Gamers line is a gaming hardware buffet Posted byby GamesBeat October 13, 2015 5 min Asus is firing off a load of game hardware this holiday, including a game-centric router Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game Insight reveals tower defense-based spinoff for its strategy hit, Cloud Raiders Posted byby Mike Minotti October 13, 2015 1 min 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... Continue Reading 1 min