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GamesBeat 2016 panel delves into balancing monetization and retention

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 23, 2016
14 min

Everybody wants to make money with free-to-play games, but they don’t want to turn up the monetization so high that it turns off loyal...

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Ghost Recon: Wildlands makes you live with your tactical screwups

Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes
July 23, 2016
4 min

Four U.S. soldiers against the army of a notorious drug cartel doesn’t sound like a fair battle. But Ghost Recon players have been in...

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GamesBeat 2016 panel: Will the VR VCs make it rain?

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 23, 2016
14 min

I’m delighted to announce our newest panel for AR/VR Day at GamesBeat 2016. We have a panel of active investors who are looking at deals for augmented reality and virtual reality games. You can register for the event here. Check out the new agenda here.

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You have a First Amendment right to play Pokémon Go anywhere in public

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 23, 2016
7 min

As Pokémon Go takes over the world, players are finding themselves in a strange new place called “outside.” This has led to a few run-ins...

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Clash of Kings forum hacked — data leaked on 1.6M accounts

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
July 22, 2016
1 min

Another hack has hit a gaming community. Cyberattackers were able to get details for 1.6 million accounts from the official forums for the mobile strategy game Clash of Kings, according to data on breach-tracking site LeakedSource (via ZDNet).

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YouTube: Pokémon Go is ‘a unique video game phenomenon like no other’

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2016
2 min

If you haven’t heard of Pokémon Go by now, you’re probably living under a rock and I’m impressed with your ability to get online...

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Mobile-social gaming firm RockYou lays off 65 people

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 22, 2016
1 min

Mobile social game RockYou is laying off 65 people, or 18 percent of its staff, over the next three months, GamesBeat confirmed today. The...

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Google Play’s new delta algorithm reduces size of Android app updates

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 22, 2016
2 min

Google today announced Google Play store improvements focused on the size of updates. A new delta algorithm, bsdiff, has been rolled out to further...