Categories Posted inin Business Slot machine giant IGT confirms two founders of its DoubleDown division have left two years after $500M deal (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 24, 2014 2 min IGT paid $500M for DoubleDown Interactive. Now its founders have left. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business RPG Week: Blackguards and Might & Magic X Legacy release day deals Posted byby GamesBeat January 24, 2014 3 min New RPG Blackguards and Might & Magic Legacy are now available on digital shelves. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Player-acquisition costs rise on mobile even as revenues-per-gamer holds steady Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 23, 2014 2 min It cost more than $4 to acquire new players in December. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business KerbalEdu helps children reach the stars Posted byby GamesBeat January 23, 2014 2 min A partnership between Squad and TeacherGaming has resulted in the launch of an educational mod for Kerbal Space Program. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Community reviews spotlight: Ryse, Final Fantasy XIV, Gone Home, and Peggle 2 Posted byby Mike Minotti January 23, 2014 2 min Inside is a collection of reviews from our community of writers at GamesBeat Unfiltered. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Strider is my next obsessive nightmare (preview) Posted byby GamesBeat January 23, 2014 7 min My New Year's resolution: Stop obsessing over completing Metroid-style games. Well ... maybe after Strider. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft has sent nearly 4 million Xbox Ones to retailers Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 23, 2014 1 min Microsoft also shipped 3.5 million Xbox 360s during its fiscal second quarter. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Saga publisher allegedly contracted a developer to explicitly copy another studio’s game in 2009 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 23, 2014 3 min King has copied games in the past. Now, it wants legal protection against others that want to copy its games. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony Pictures Television enters the game with a free role-playing adventure for mobile Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 23, 2014 2 min Suits and Swords has players fighting off fantasy creatures using blackjack card mechanics. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Might and Magic X: Legacy resurrects a classic RPG franchise but only conjures frustration and boredom (review) Posted byby GamesBeat January 23, 2014 6 min Some design decisions should have been left in the past. Continue Reading 6 min