Categories Posted inin Business Smartphones are making console-only gamers rarer despite PS4 and Xbox One Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 9, 2014 2 min The NPD Group finds that the only segment that is growing is "omni gamers," which are people who play on multiple types of devices. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Escapists is bringing the prison break genre back to life — on a shoestring budget Posted byby GamesBeat July 9, 2014 5 min The last great prison break game I played was way back in 1986. Roofer turned game developer Chris Davis is aiming to make up for lost time. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Beyond Twitch Plays Pokémon: New crowd-play Dick Starr Conquers Mars appears Posted byby GamesBeat July 9, 2014 3 min Troll the crap out of your shoot-'em-up friends with new crowd-play-centric game Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business China helps Guild Wars 2's sales almost double in just 2 months Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 9, 2014 2 min China is quickly turning into one of the most important markets for PC games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Five things that drove $12.5B in game company acquisitions in the past year Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 9, 2014 2 min London-based Digi-Capital reports on what spurred gaming acquisitions. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business mNectar raises $7M for mobile ads that let you play a game before downloading it Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 9, 2014 4 min mNectar's Playable service lets users try apps and games before they download them Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Report: Samsung and Oculus will launch co-developed 'Gear VR' headset at IFA 2014 Posted byby GamesBeat July 9, 2014 1 min The two companies will unveil the new device at IFA 2014, says the blog Sam Mobile. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Kabam COO says mobile game companies have to get serious about Asia Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 9, 2014 3 min Kabam is at a crossroads, pushing into the Asian market and bringing Asian games to the West. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business WiMi5 unveils platform so developers can easily make and publish HTML5 web games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 8, 2014 3 min Developed over two years, the new platform aims to widen HTML5 game development. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Battlefied 4 gets new DLC with Dragon's Teeth as DICE still tries to fix the base game Posted byby Mike Minotti July 8, 2014 2 min Dragon's Teeth adds four new maps and more to DICE's troubled Battlefield 4. Continue Reading 2 min