Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup. It was a sad week for the industry with the passing of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. We spent much of the past several days examining his legacy.
Elsewhere, PlayStation 4 beat Xbox One in June, and Fallout Shelter makes a lot of money on mobile.
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Pieces of flair
- The DeanBeat: Fallout Shelter is a rare free-to-play hardcore mobile gaming hit
- This Hearthstone deck stops your opponent from taking their turn
- Watch chat completely mess with us as we play Choice Chamber
- 15 ways to please your game lovers with rewarded video
- 6 ultra-rare coin-op games to look out for at California Extreme arcade expo
- 5 things Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata taught us about the game industry
- Comparing MOBAs: League of Legends vs. Dota 2 vs. Smite vs. Heroes of the Storm
- Why real-money game developers need to understand their 3 types of players
- Watch our video tribute to Nintendo president Satoru Iwata
- The triumphs of Nintendo’s Satoru Iwata: from programmer to president
- Luminaries from Sony, Microsoft, and more remember and honor Nintendo’s Iwata
- The entire video game industry is going to miss Nintendo’s CEO
- Watch us beat Kirby’s Dream Land while remembering Nintendo’s Iwata
News
- More hints that AMD is building Nintendo NX’s processor
- June 2015 NPD: PlayStation 4 beats Xbox One as Batman tops the software chart
- PlayStation 4 topped hardware sales in the U.S. last month, according to NPD data
- Digital game revenues reaches $1.02B in June; Call of Duty tops earnings chart
- World of Warcraft will let players change factions for PVP
- PC fix still months away for Batman: Arkham Knight, according to leaked email
- Who wants to be a (pretend) porn tycoon? This game wants your funding
- Shenmue III at $4.9M pledged as Kickstarter campaign nears close, 3rd highest ever for a game
- Gearbox wants to make a new Duke Nukem game … with a little help
- Smite announces $1M World Championships for PC and Xbox One
- Some DayZ servers are down due to a cyberattack
- EA partners with Comcast to bring cloud games to your TV
- Little Heroes Technologies launches crowdfunding campaign for Herokins wearables for kids
- Game deals fall 89% in first half as mega transactions fail to materialize
- Konami removes Hideo Kojima’s name from Metal Gear Solid V box
- Pro Counter-Strike player admits drug use at recent tournament: ‘We were all on Adderall’
- Holy Stoneskin Gargoyle! Someone already has 20K wins in Hearthstone
- The Witcher 3 has 101 more unique communities than Wyoming — and 7 other staggering stats
- Development superstar Jade Raymond joins Electronic Arts to work on Star Wars
- Batgirl DLC delayed for Batman: Arkham Knight’s troubled PC port
- Shigeru Miyamoto comments on Nintendo president Iwata’s death
- Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has died
Mobile and social
- Angry Birds 2 gets July 30 release date
- Publisher NetEase looks West even as it expertly rides China’s rising tide
- Scopely grabs a game leader from Kixeye
- Zynga launches Mountain Goat Mountain, its latest game in its climb into mobile
- Fallout Shelter earned $5.1M in its first 2 weeks
- Ad-tech firm Ad2Games adds Sheila Kagan as chief operating officer
- GrowMobile help studios retain their users with engagement features
- Dave & Buster’s takes its best restaurant arcade games to mobile devices
- After six years, Rovio finally announces Angry Birds 2
- China will make up 1/5th of the global mobile gaming market this year
- Kongregate wants to help web game makers bring their work to mobile
- Germany’s Glispa launches its gNative native advertising platform
- China helps iOS maintain commanding revenue lead over surging Google Play
- Gameloft beefs up its mobile MOBA to be more like a PC game
- Mediarex Sports & Entertainment raises $4.9M to make a sport out of poker
Previews, reviews, and interviews
- Choice Chamber has Twitch viewers help — or torture — a streamer
- Rory McIlroy PGA Tour is challenging fun for golf fans and a total bore for everyone else
- Skullgirls is (almost) the best fighting game for beginners
- Will you make the right choices to survive Until Dawn?
- Traverser’s dystopian, Tim Burton-like world values oxygen greater than oil