Categories Posted inin Business How one gaming company is going out of its way to keep its employees happy (guest post) Posted byby GamesBeat July 21, 2014 3 min Creative tech companies can empower their employees through innovative technology and a spot of tenderness, says social casino games start-up Plumbee. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Facebook closes Oculus VR acquisition — let the virtual-reality 'liking' begin Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 21, 2014 2 min Oculus VR and Facebook promise to work together to build the next computing platform. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The new Android Wear smartwatches already have their first game (exclusive) Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 21, 2014 2 min Swip3 brings gaming to the Moto 360, LG G Watch, and Samsung Gear Live. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Yahoo targets mobile-ad platform Flurry for next acquisition, according to rumor Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 21, 2014 2 min Flurry provides analytics that help marketers understand where to spend their money on the mobile web. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Destiny's beta is down today for maintenance, but it's coming back soon Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 21, 2014 1 min The sci-fi shooter will return Wednesday after Bungie fiddles with some dials. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA storms Brazil: FIFA World and the Origin digital-distribution service hit Latin America's No. 1 market Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2014 2 min EA is recognizing that Brazil is one of the world's fastest-growing game markets. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Scopely hopes to take Space Inch's games to the next level, starting with Disco Bees Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2014 2 min The mobile-focused companies will collaborate on more titles in the future. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Cliff Bleszinski on his retirement, returning, what he's learned, and where he's going from here (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat July 21, 2014 14 min The famous game designer leaves an early retirement to work on a new free-to-play shooter. But does he know what he's doing? Continue Reading 14 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile messaging platform Tango hires game publishing leader and creates $25M game investment fund Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2014 4 min Tango hires Jim Ying to fund and publish games on the mobile messaging network. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Pop star Lorde: Oculus Rift is like 'being in someone's filth' and 'communism' Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 21, 2014 1 min Lorde worries about the ways that Oculus Rift will "ruin us." Continue Reading 1 min