Categories Posted inin Business Apple and Google steal market share from video game systems Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 15, 2011 3 min Apple and Google have taken about 8 percent of the overall video game market, according to an analysis by Flurry. And when it comes... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Interview: Penny Arcade’s Robert Khoo on PAX, Child’s Play, and building an empire Posted byby GamesBeat April 15, 2011 5 min Depending on how big of a Penny Arcade fan you are, you may not know who Robert Khoo is. But without Khoo, you may... Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony’s milestones: 50M PlayStation 3s sold, 8M PlayStation Moves shipped Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 15, 2011 1 min Sony said today it has sold more than 50 million PlayStation 3 consoles to date and shipped more than 8 million PlayStation Move motion-sensing... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Video Blips: Resistance 3, Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, Super Street Fighter 4 Arcade Edition, and more Posted byby GamesBeat April 15, 2011 1 min And just like that, my cowardly immune system withers under yet another stampede of rhinoviruses and other friendly sounding afflictions. In other words, I... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo sells 400,000 3DS units in first week in U.S. Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2011 2 min Nintendo said today that it sold just shy of 400,000 3DS handheld gaming system units in its first seven days of sales in the... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Video game sales weaken in March despite 3DS launch Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2011 3 min Overall video game sales in U.S. retail stores weakened in March despite the launch of Nintendo’s new handheld 3DS system at the end of... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Significant moments in gaming: 2010 edition Posted byby GamesBeat April 14, 2011 6 min (This article contains spoilers for Red Dead Redemption.) Last year was a step forward for video games in hundreds of ways. Whether we forayed... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo may debut new HD console at E3 show in June Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2011 1 min Nintendo is expected to debut a new video game console to replace its aging Wii next year. the Japanese company is expected to make... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game makers: Amazon’s Android appstore terms are greedy Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2011 6 min Amazon.com is in hot water for the pricing strategy and terms for developers in its new app store for Android games. Basically, game makers... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Halfbrick’s Monster Dash is a case study in mobile cross promotion Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2011 2 min Mobile game maker Halfbrick made out like a bandit with its Fruit Ninja mobile game, selling its game to 23 million players. Now its... Continue Reading 2 min