Categories Posted inin Business MobiCoach gives golfers real-time coaching advice via mobile app Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2014 2 min Remote Coach gives golfers live analysis and instant feedback for game improvement. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business JoyBits hopes Doodle Kingdom will expand its 126M download mobile game franchise Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2014 2 min The game is JoyBits' first major new title in two years -- a sign of more things to come in 2014. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rage of Bahamut developer invests $680K in Japanese indie game Airship Q Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 27, 2014 2 min Japanese open-world crafting game Airship Q now has a much bigger budget than the $11,000 it raised in crowdfunding. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Did King.com really ‘trademark’ the word candy? Posted byby Jason Wilson January 27, 2014 5 min This is upsetting to many people looking at this issue, especially smaller developers, who feel that no company should be able to "trademark" a common word like candy. But it’s not quite that simple. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business That Nintendo World Championship cartridge didn’t actually sell for $99,902 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 27, 2014 2 min The person that made the top bid retracted it after the seller asked for payment. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Free-to-play juggernaut League of Legends still growing rapidly — 27M players daily Posted byby GamesBeat January 27, 2014 1 min The PC game has more then doubled its number of daily players since October 2012. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sims 4 producer’s view on designing a diverse game studio (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2014 6 min You can encourage diversity, but you can't force women to go into game design either. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business King chief executive addresses ‘Candy’ trademark, The Banner Saga, and cloning games Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 27, 2014 3 min King admits that it never should have released Pac-Avoid, a game that "strongly resembles" a competitors product. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business VRcade wants to revive high-end, location-based virtual reality Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2014 3 min VRcade wants to build a virtual reality location that could cost $1 million. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Chinese online game publisher Shanda gets $1.9B offer to go private Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 27, 2014 1 min A group of controlling shareholders wants to take the company private. Continue Reading 1 min