Categories Posted inin Business Gaming advocacy group: The average gamer is 31, and most play on a console Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 29, 2014 2 min More women are picking up gaming than ever before as the industry also turns to digital for the bulk of its software revenue. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business League of Legends, World of Tanks help PC spending surpass console gaming worldwide, proclaims analyst Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 29, 2014 2 min The PC is everywhere, which makes it a powerful platform for gaming, according to DFC Intelligence analyst David Cole. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Marvel Puzzle Quest’s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 7: Event Analytics Posted byby Jason Wilson April 29, 2014 5 min This week, CEO Albert Reed explains the metrics his team's using and goes through a couple of examples of how they're applying them. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat giveaway: Tell us your favorite Nintendo game and you could win one Posted byby Mike Minotti April 29, 2014 1 min Tweet us your favorite Nintendo game and why and you could win a Wii U Virtual Console code. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm is checkers to League of Legends’, Dota 2’s chess Posted byby Mike Minotti April 29, 2014 4 min Heroes of the Storm ditches a lot of the complexity MOBA players find in League of Legends and Dota 2. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is out for Xbox One today despite reports it would skip Microsoft’s console Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 29, 2014 2 min Activision stopped taking preorders for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on Xbox One due to unspecified issues. It has apparently worked those out. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga cofounder readies launch of Greedy Goblins from new mobile game studio Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 29, 2014 4 min Eric Schiermeyer wants to build a different kind of game company where the incentive is to stay small and lean. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo plans Smash Bros. tournament, livestream coverage, and ‘digital event’ for E3 trade show Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 29, 2014 2 min Nintendo is once again doing things a bit differently for the biggest exhibition of new games in the world. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm online strategy game will make landfall in Southeast Asia Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 29, 2014 2 min Publisher Asiasoft and its subsidiaries will oversee Heroes of the Storm in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and the Philippines. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Virtual reality: Sony’s refreshingly honest thoughts on Oculus Rift, not needing triple-A, and similarities to the Wii U (exclusive) Posted byby GamesBeat April 29, 2014 9 min Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Worldwide Studios for Sony Computer Entertainment, gives his honest thoughts on all things Project Morpheus, the upcoming virtual-reality system for the PlayStation 4. Continue Reading 9 min