WWE turns TV into Suplex City while Pokémon Go skips costly ads
I don’t know about you, but I’m going to avoid visiting Brock in Suplex City GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising...
Why Pokémon Go’s strategy won’t work for you
Like any cultural phenomenon, Pokémon Go is one hundred percent polarizing. You’re either on your phone right now reading between PokeStops or you have...
GamesBeat 2016 panel delves into balancing monetization and retention
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...
Ghost Recon: Wildlands makes you live with your tactical screwups
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...
GamesBeat 2016 panel: Will the VR VCs make it rain?
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.
You have a First Amendment right to play Pokémon Go anywhere in public
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...
Clash of Kings forum hacked — data leaked on 1.6M accounts
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).
YouTube: Pokémon Go is ‘a unique video game phenomenon like no other’
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...
Mobile-social gaming firm RockYou lays off 65 people
Mobile social game RockYou is laying off 65 people, or 18 percent of its staff, over the next three months, GamesBeat confirmed today. The...
Google Play’s new delta algorithm reduces size of Android app updates
Google today announced Google Play store improvements focused on the size of updates. A new delta algorithm, bsdiff, has been rolled out to further...