Marvel Puzzle Quest gets fired up with Jean Grey’s Phoenix
When a comics publisher needs to give its books a boost, it often promotes a big in-world event. Now, game developers are using the...
The App Store is burying some Apple TV apps — and developers are fuming
One of the big innovations with the new Apple TV is that it has full app support, but some early supporters this device are feeling...
Windows 10 adoption passes 25% on Steam
Valve updated its Hardware & Software Survey today for October, and it revealed that more than one in every four gamers on Steam is...
Call of Duty: Black Ops III is getting modding and map-making tools on PC
The Call of Duty community will have the capability to help the next game in the series grow in ways the developer never predicted....
Piracy is a big problem for premium iPhone and iPad games — much more than you realize
For example, 60 percent of Monument Valley installs on iPhone and iPad were not paid for. I’m not a newcomer to the game business, so I know that most of those pirated downloads wouldn’t translate to sales, if somehow we could stop piracy.
Tencent, Sony, Microsoft, and EA show that the multiplatform strategy — console, PC, and mobile — is golden in 2015
The industry is making plenty of money these days. Games market research group Newzoo today released its list of the top 25 public game...
Why Saudi Arabia’s dolphins and whales matter to the gaming industry
I’m increasingly asked these days for the nitty-gritty details on this whale den we call Saudi Arabia. As I approach a talk in Dubai...
Fostering creativity in yourself and in your team
When Megan Gaiser was named CEO of Her Interactive in 1999, she didn’t consider herself a business person. She had risen to her position...
Don’t be afraid to fail now in order to succeed later at making virtual reality games
Jason Rubin was skeptical about the new Oculus virtual reality head-mounted display before he even threw on a pair for the first time nearly...
Warner Bros. offers full refund on still-broken Batman: Arkham Knight PC until end of year
Warner Bros. re-released one of this year’s biggest action games on PC last week, but Batman: Arkham Knight is still broken for many gamers. Now...