Categories Posted inin Business Sony ships more than 3.4M copies of The Last of Us Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 9, 2013 1 min Naughty Dog's big title is both a critical and commercial success. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Hasbro acquires majority stake in mobile developer Backflip Studios for $112M Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 2 min In addition to its original games, Backflip will begin making games based on Hasbro titles. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA Sports wipes former Patriot Aaron Hernandez from its games following murder charges Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 1 min EA Sports will update NCAA Football 14 to remove an image of Aaron Hernandez. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision majority stakeholder Vivendi wants to squeeze cash from the publisher Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 3 min Vivendi's profits are dipping and its debts are mounting, so it is looking to Activision to add some cash to its balance sheet. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Roswell UFO incident gets Google Doodle adventure game Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 1 min Google makes a microgame to celebrate the famous alien conspiracy incident. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rockstar Games will finally reveal Grand Theft Auto V gameplay tomorrow Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 1 min Rockstar will publish a gameplay trailer tomorrow at 10 a.m. Eastern. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Even a 10-year-old can easily fly aircraft using a mouse in World of Warplanes Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 8, 2013 5 min The online air-combat game's mouse-based control scheme could get casual flyers to climb into the cockpit. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard taps NetEase to release freemium card game Hearthstone in China Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 8, 2013 2 min Hearthstone is heading for one of the world's biggest market for free-to-play games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision Blizzard and Tencent join the game industry’s lobbying group Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 8, 2013 1 min Activision rejoins the ESA, while China's Tencent joins for the first time. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Civilization V’s Brave New World expansion again fails to make an interesting strategy game (review) Posted byby GamesBeat July 8, 2013 5 min Like the core game, the Brave New World expansion quickly devolves into the same cycle of rote resource accumulation of filling culture, gold, science, tourism, faith, and happiness buckets. Continue Reading 5 min