Categories Posted inin Business AMD CEO’s 2014 outlook: PC market weaker, gaming stronger, and ARM server chips coming Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2014 3 min AMD boss Rory Read says the first ARM-based server chips will begin coming out in the first quarter. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business That’s a lot of armor: 1.1M people played World of Tanks on a Russian server at the same time Posted byby GamesBeat January 21, 2014 2 min The PC game set a new record for simultaneous players on a server group this Sunday -- good news for the free-to-play segment of the industry. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard’s Hearthstone card game opens to the public Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 21, 2014 2 min The collectible-card game is now open to all North American players. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Analyst: Brazil, Russia, India, and China as well as Steam will help PC gaming top $24 billion by 2017 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 21, 2014 2 min Valve's Steam Machines might also lead to growth for the PC gaming market. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business A deep dive into the making of the eye-popping Star Swarm demo (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2014 17 min Oxide Games' co-founder Tim Kipp explains how his team created Star Swarm. Continue Reading 17 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth studio doubled its revenues in 2013 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 21, 2014 2 min Kabam generated $360 million on the back of its free-to-play mobile titles in 2013. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apportable’s SpriteBuilder lets developers run their iOS games on Android Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2014 2 min SpriteBuilder is based on open-source software and compiles Objective-C game code so that it runs on Android. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Updated: Nintendo’s next console and portable reportedly called Nintendo Fusion Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2014 3 min If true, the Fusion would include a portable and a home console, aimed at replacing the 3DS and Wii U. A website has disclosed the rumored specs on the devices. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business King: We trademarked ‘Candy’ because ‘our IP is constantly being infringed’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 21, 2014 2 min King says it won't go after games that use candy "legitimately." Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business To the Death looks like a side-scrolling mashup of God of War and Call of Duty Posted byby GamesBeat January 21, 2014 3 min Veterans from both franchises have teamed up to make a new type of game, and they plan to fund it using Kickstarter. Continue Reading 3 min