Categories Posted inin Business A marketer's dream: League of Legends, Dota 2 help e-sports rack up 2.4 billion viewer hours in 2013 Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 3, 2014 2 min Research finds that people will watch more than 6 billion hours of e-sports by 2018. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Walking dead in the Wild West — Hunt: Horrors of the Gilded Age is Crytek's new co-op zombie-hunting game Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2014 1 min Looks like this title will go head-to-head against Turtle Rock's Evolve co-op multiplayer game. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Trion Worlds gets into the game-promotion business with its Glyph hub Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2014 1 min Online game publisher Trion Worlds has launched its Glyph hub for promoting online games. The Glyph hub will make a curated collection of games... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business 12 games that teach kids to code — and are even fun, too Posted byby GamesBeat June 3, 2014 8 min Coding is a big deal for kids these days, but it can feel like work. These 12 games help teach programming fundamentals while still being fun. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Watch Dogs has a monster first week — surpasses 4M copies in sales Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 3, 2014 2 min Ubisoft proves that it knows how to launch a new property. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Today's Wii U update helps you get into games faster Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 3, 2014 2 min Nintendo is trying to improve the user experience of the Wii U, which often suffers from long load times and other quirks. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Graphics guru Tim Sweeney explains why Apple's Metal will make mobile games far better Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2014 3 min Epic Games showed off its cool Zen Garden demo at WWDC 14. Epic's Tim Sweeney tells us how it was made possible. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business A new Xbox One, PS4, or graphics card: Study shows hardcore gamers plan to upgrade this year Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 3, 2014 2 min Raptr conducted a study on gamers who play both PC and console games, and its poll found that these dedicated consumers intend to spend cash on hardware in 2014. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Batman: Arkham Knight is the latest big game to slip into 2015 Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 3, 2014 2 min The Caped Crusader joins The Order and The Division in getting a delay to 2015. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Global game business is booming, but physical store sales may ‘evaporate’ by 2015 Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 3, 2014 3 min Market researcher Newzoo makes bold predictions about shifts in gaming, which will hit $102.9B by 2017. Continue Reading 3 min