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
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga and its players donate $1M to support safe water nonprofit Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 27, 2014 1 min To date, Zynga.org has raised $18M for nonprofits through 150 in-game campaigns. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business GameStop closes its game-streaming division — will focus on PlayStation Now Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 27, 2014 2 min GameStop acquired Spawn Labs in 2011 to start streaming games over the cloud, but it doesn't think consumers want something like that yet. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Who needs Good Old Games? GameStop’s new business is rare physical games Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 27, 2014 2 min After experimenting with reprinting old games last year, GameStop is expanding into a whole new category of value-priced new games that will sit on the used shelf. Continue Reading 2 min