Categories Posted inin Business Video Blips: Trine 2, Ridge Racer, Touch My Katamari, and more Posted byby GamesBeat December 10, 2011 1 min I am oh-so-very tempted to use one of my funny lines right here in the introduction. I'll give you a hint: It involves yelling... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business My problem with online multiplayer: A couch won’t fit through an Ethernet cable Posted byby GamesBeat December 10, 2011 2 min “Hey, I found my old Dreamcast and Bust-a-Move. It's too bad no one's willing to challenge me. Alas, the loneliness of being a Bust-a-Move demigod.”... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business THQ lays off 30 following lower-than-expected uDraw sales Posted byby GamesBeat December 10, 2011 1 min THQ has laid off 30 people from its Play THQ development team, including executive of kids-family-casual games Martin Good. Play THQ is the team... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Angry Birds turns two this weekend. Rovio celebrates in style. Posted byby GamesBeat December 10, 2011 1 min The smash hit mobile game Angry Birds turns two on Dec. 11, having been downloaded over half a billion times since launch. To celebrate... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Wii U is not a console: It’s a challenge Posted byby GamesBeat December 9, 2011 3 min "We saw a kind of motion-controls 'gold rush' on the Wii where many, many companies integrated the feature in a crass, thoughtless, or nominal... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business No bonanza: November video game sales grow a scant 0.4 percent Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 9, 2011 3 min U.S. retail video game sales were only slightly up from a year ago, growing 0.4 percent to $3 billion this year, according to market... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The 10 Best Gaming Videos of 2011 Posted byby GamesBeat December 9, 2011 3 min This year has been a great one for gaming. To celebrate, here are 10 of the finest gaming related videos to have hit the... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business YouWeb’s Pluto Games raises $500K for tablet-based music education games Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 9, 2011 2 min Pluto Games is spinning out of game incubator YouWeb today, raising $500,000 in seed money in the process. Pluto Games will use the money... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tired of ads on your Xbox dashboard? Reddit shows you how to block them Posted byby GamesBeat December 9, 2011 2 min The Xbox Metro dashboard has brought lots of shiny new features to the console, but many gamers are troubled by the amount of advertising... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Indie devs losing faith in Microsoft following Xbox dashboard update Posted byby GamesBeat December 9, 2011 3 min A number of indie developers have expressed concerns about the updated Xbox dashboard, with some suggesting it is guilty of burying Xbox Live Indie... Continue Reading 3 min