Categories Posted inin Business WTF: How long before Zynga becomes the most valuable video game company? (poll) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 18, 2011 4 min It’s time to start taking bets on this question: Could Zynga become the most valuable company in the video game industry? With its rumored... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Geekbox – Episode 105 Posted byby GamesBeat February 18, 2011 1 min The Geekbox — Episode 105 (2011-02-16) Wherein we discuss Amsterdam, rare stuff, Pokemon Black and White, achievement-whoring, awesome copy protection, Ryan’s ultimate triumph over... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Calling all gamers! U.S. video games sales dip 5 percent in January Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2011 2 min Video game players may have been too busy playing with their Christmas toys last month, as U.S. sales of video games fell 5 percent... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business OpenFeint Connect lets gamers socialize across different smartphones Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2011 1 min If your friend has an Android phone and you have an iPhone, it isn’t that easy to play a mobile game together. But with... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Kill the messenger: Why Fox News is the enemy, not its sources Posted byby GamesBeat February 17, 2011 4 min A week ago, most of the video-game community had no idea who Carole Lieberman was. Now, we've labeled her public enemy number one and... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Score one for Microsoft as Scoreloop backs Windows Phone 7 Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2011 1 min Scoreloop is announcing today that it will support Windows Phone 7 as part of its cross-platform social gaming ecosystem. That means that developers can... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple vs. Sony vs. Nintendo: How the iPhone wins Posted byby GamesBeat February 17, 2011 2 min With Sony's Next Generation Portable project and the Nintendo 3DS on the horizon, it looks like the battle for the handheld market is heating... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The PC is not doomed Posted byby GamesBeat February 16, 2011 3 min As a gamer who loves his PC, I wish that the industry and consumers paid much more attention to the platform that gave birth... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony’s S1 PlayStation tablet won’t look like any other Posted byby GamesBeat February 16, 2011 2 min Sony has been oddly quiet about its tablet plans, but now there’s word that it’s working on an intriguingly designed Android tablet that will... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Paid apps are on the rise in the maturing Android Market Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 16, 2011 2 min The Android Market used to be a disaster for paid apps, at least compared to the heavy preponderance of paid apps on Apple’s App... Continue Reading 2 min