Categories Posted inin Business To demand Half-Life 3, an ad agency is crowdfunding a campaign to 'engulf Valve employees' lives' Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 16, 2014 4 min Interns at ad agency McKee Wallwork's $150,000 campaign includes a plan to hire Gabe Newell lookalikes to loiter around Valve's headquarters. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The dangers of crowdfunding those gigantic e-sports prize pools Posted byby Mike Minotti October 16, 2014 3 min Dota 2 raised over $10 million for its tournament, but is League of Legends smarter by just ponying up $2 million itself? Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile megahit Kim Kardashian: Hollywood has made around $50M in 4 months Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 16, 2014 2 min With Kim Kardashian's game raking in the cash, SuperData analyst Joost van Druenen expects a rush on celebrity-endorsed mobile and social games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Relive the Battle of the Bulge with Company of Heroes 2: Ardennes Assault (hands-on preview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 16, 2014 5 min The World War II real-time strategy game offers fierce winter combat. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Imperus Technologies agrees to $100M deal to acquire social-game developer Diwip Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 16, 2014 1 min Diwip makes social-casino games and sells its proprietary game-making technology to other studios. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Osmo raises $12M to create a new way for kids to play — and learn — with iPads Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 16, 2014 3 min Osmo has solid demand for its first product and it has decided it's time to grow. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Samsung Galaxy Note 4 owners will get 3 free months of the OnLive game-streaming service Posted byby Jeff Grubb October 16, 2014 2 min Note 4's 5.7-inch screen will give players plenty of screen real estate to see what's going on in triple-A games like Batman: Arkham Asylum. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Halo: Spartan Strike tablet game has Warthogs, Kestrels — and no microtransactions (hands-on preview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 16, 2014 3 min Halo: Spartan Strike is the second major Halo mobile game launched by Microsoft's 343 Industries. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Infinite Crisis and The Lord of the Rings Online developer Turbine suffers layoffs Posted byby Mike Minotti October 16, 2014 1 min Warner Bros. cuts jobs at the Boston-based developer. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Unity Technologies CTO declares the company isn't up for sale Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 16, 2014 3 min Joachim Ante flatly declares that Unity is not for sale because it remains focused on democratizing game development. Continue Reading 3 min