Machine Zone tops Farm Heroes, Lego Jedi, and spiritual dragons in July TV ad spend
Mobile Strike conquers July — at least in terms of TV ads. Continuing the slow summer trend, the gaming industry spent an estimated grand...
What Pokémon Go can teach the mobile game industry
The global success of Niantic Labs’ Pokémon Go is officially a phenomenon, amassing more downloads, headlines, revenue and memes than anyone could have predicted...
How to build a thriving games community (VB Live)
Much like the Nigerian proverb “It takes a whole village to raise a child,” it takes a thriving community for a game to reach...
Opera Mediaworks’ Will Kassoy on creating a billion ad impressions — per week
Opera Mediaworks bought mobile video ad platform AdColony in 2014. At that time, Will Kassoy’s Los Angeles company had more than 100 employees. Now,...
Iran ban on Nidoran: Pokémon Go not permitted due to ‘security concerns’
You cannot catch ’em all if you happen to live in Tehran. Iran has blocked Pokémon Go after the country’s High Council of Virtual Spaces...
AMD’s Radeon RX 470 does a solid 1080p60 but at a confusing price
AMD has made it clear that it wants the low end of the graphics card market, and now it’s time to see how committed...
From West to East: What studios must know before bringing their games to Asia
If you’re working on a gory game filled with zombies and skeletons, it might not be the best idea to bring it to China....
The history of Sonic the Hedgehog on the Game Gear
A lot of people remember and love Sonic the Hedgehog’s 16-bit adventures on the Genesis. It’s time his Game Gear games get a little...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GamesBeat 2016 recapped and Overwatch hits 15 million players
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We had a busy week running and covering our GamesBeat 2016 conference, which you can read all about...
HTC plans to complement Steam with its own Viveport VR app store
Steam isn’t the only way you’ll get games for your HTC Vive virtual reality headset. HTC announced today that it is working on its own VR...