Categories Posted inin Business JuiceBox Games hits 4M downloads for HonorBound and takes the mobile game to new markets Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 30, 2014 3 min This popular, chart-topping role-playing game adds seven new languages. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Watch critic Anita Sarkeesian talk GamerGate on ‘The Colbert Report’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 30, 2014 1 min On tonight’s episode of The Colbert Report, the faux-conservative host examined the GamerGate controversy that has resulted in the repeated harassment of several prominent women in game development. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Puzzle & Dragons publisher buys 70 percent of Playphone Posted byby Mike Minotti October 29, 2014 1 min GungHo is making plenty of money -- and it's using it to help it expand into the U.S. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The top 10 games of Pitch Us in One Tweet 2014 (#3: The Adventures of Bertram Fiddle) Posted byby GamesBeat October 29, 2014 2 min We recently asked indie developers to pitch us their games in 140 characters or less. Our #3 entry is an adventure game with a quirky sense of humor. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Take-Two says all four of its October game launches have been 'flawless' Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 29, 2014 2 min NBA 2K15, NHL 2K15, and the new Civilization and Borderlands titles have all been hits. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Grand Theft Auto Online is still Take-Two's biggest digital moneymaker Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 29, 2014 2 min The game contributed more cash to the publisher's digital business than any other product. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Take-Two made $22M on its investment in gameplay livestreaming king Twitch Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 29, 2014 1 min Amazon's $970M acquisition of livestreaming firm paid off for Grand Theft Auto publisher. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business T-minus 1 million players and counting: A cautionary tale for online developers Posted byby Jason Wilson October 29, 2014 3 min Many things that work fine at low scale can come crashing down as soon as traffic increases. Don't let this happen to you. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two speeds past Wall Street's earnings expectations Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 29, 2014 3 min Digital game sales and the older Civilization game helped quarterly sales. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Facebook gaming declines as fewer people use the social service on their desktop Posted byby Mike Minotti October 29, 2014 1 min Fewer people are accessing Facebook on their desktops, which in turns mean fewer are playing Facebook games. Continue Reading 1 min