Categories Posted inin Business Digital media firm Fullscreen acquires gamer website ScrewAttack Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 28, 2014 2 min Fullscreen aims to expand its pop culture business with a deep reach into games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Batman: Arkham Knight — designing a proper Gotham City (and what’s with the Batmobile?) (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat March 28, 2014 5 min We talk with the developers to see why making a "full-sized" Gotham City is so challenging, and why we would even bother driving when we can glide everywhere more quickly. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: The questions to ask about the current state of games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 28, 2014 15 min Here's the speech I made at the Game Developers Conference. Continue Reading 15 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gree launches its ridiculous fighting game Flop Fu, born from its G-Labs experiment Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 28, 2014 3 min The title is one of the first to come out of the experimental G-Lab at Gree. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gamblit Gaming raises $12M to create new kinds of real-money gambling games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 28, 2014 2 min Gamblit hopes to be the platform for new kinds of gambling games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nvidia Shield price slashed across retailers, best deal at Newegg Posted byby GamesBeat March 28, 2014 3 min A price drop to $199 for the Nvidia shield along with plenty of updates makes the handheld device extra enticing. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Streaming-service CEO says GameStop is wrong — consumers want cloud gaming Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 27, 2014 3 min Playcast is working on bringing cloud gaming to the U.S. after successfully launching and operating it in France, Portugal, and South Korea. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile app monetization: Freemium is king, but in-app ads are growing fast Posted byby GamesBeat March 27, 2014 2 min 80 percent of developers reported that less than five percent of their users made even one single in-app purchase Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Uncharted 4’s game director leaves Naughty Dog for League of Legends’ Riot Games Posted byby GamesBeat March 27, 2014 1 min Justin Richmond is following Amy Hennig as the second leader of the Uncharted team to leave this month. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Watch Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart play drums with Oculus Rift — and see how his brain reacts Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 27, 2014 4 min GlassBrain captures a live performance and real-time signals from Grateful Dead drummer's brain. Continue Reading 4 min