Categories Posted inin Business Spellgun to help Western-made Storm Casters crack Chinese mobile-game market Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 21, 2014 3 min Storm Casters developer Get Set Games has had more than 50M downloads. Now it will use Spellgun to succeed in China. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The new D&D and Neverwinter: Working in the Realms and our favorite dragons (interview, Part 2) Posted byby Jason Wilson July 20, 2014 8 min Dungeons & Dragons may never be the same. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business The new D&D and Neverwinter: Putting the dragons back into the world’s most iconic role-playing game (interview, Part 1) Posted byby Jason Wilson July 19, 2014 9 min Overmeyer: I’ll have to give you a softball answer, but it’s a real answer. Any time things change in the D&D rule set, if there’s anything that makes sense for the MMO — some mechanics for the tabletop just seem to fit and work in the MMO. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Puzzler: Surprisingly serene battlefields from classic video games Posted byby GamesBeat July 19, 2014 2 min Some of the most brutal battles in 2D video games take place in gorgeous, placid locations. Can you identify the titles these 10 stages are from? Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business China's online gaming firm Giant Interactive goes private in a $3B deal Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 18, 2014 1 min The publisher of ZT Online and other online games goes private after nine months of planning. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Great tabletop games for video gamers: Pixel Tactics Posted byby GamesBeat July 18, 2014 4 min Pixel Tactics is the best parts of a good strategy role-playing game, boiled down to its essentials. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Google & Apple: ‘If you charge for in-app goodies, you can no longer call your app free’ Posted byby GamesBeat July 18, 2014 2 min Google and Apple respond to European Commission's requests to change how they offer games with in-app purchases. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Xbox One gets mobile purchasing and more in August update Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 18, 2014 2 min Microsoft will also now enable you to post text updates to the Xbox One's Activity feed. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Hearthstone slips on iPad, Doom returns, and our favorite 2014 games so far Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 18, 2014 3 min The sun is pummeling us with UV rays, the thermometer reads “too hot,” and no one is releasing any games. It’s the heart of summer, and... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Announcing our next trio of speakers for GamesBeat 2014: a store guy, a broadcaster, and a reporter Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 18, 2014 4 min Bob Meese of Google Play, Malathi Nayak of Reuters, and Jonathan Simpson-Bint of Twitch will join us on Sept. 15-16. Continue Reading 4 min