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Sorry, Cowherd: Heroes of the Storm returns to ESPN2 with $500K prize pool

Posted byby Jason Wilson
January 28, 2016
2 min

Heroes of the Dorm may have brought in just a .1 Nielsen share last year, but the excitement — and business potential — of esports...

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Upsight pushes further into mobile game monetization with Fuse Powered acquisition

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2016
5 min

Upsight is on a march to become a one-stop shop for helping mobile game developers make money. And it is taking a big step...

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Finland’s Next Games raises $10M to fuel The Walking Dead mobile title and more

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2016
2 min

Next Games has raised $10 million from existing investors to fuel its existing titles and future games. The Finnish company also said that The Walking...

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GOG is getting into ‘early access’ and doing it differently than Steam

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 28, 2016
2 min

GOG used to stand for “good old games.” Now, that name really doesn’t work since it has begun selling games that are so new they...

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User acquisition costs hit all-time highs in December

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
January 28, 2016
3 min

The costs of acquiring new users for mobile apps reached an all-time high in December as well-heeled companies scrambled for mobile market share over...

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Plays.tv launches Chrome extension to make capturing and sharing Twitch clips super easy

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
January 28, 2016
2 min

It’s about to get real simple to share the most amazing moments from your favorite Twitch streams. Plays.tv, Raptr’s video-clip-capturing service for Twitch, is...

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Bungie president Harold Ryan steps down after 15 years at the Destiny studio

Posted byby GamesBeat
January 28, 2016
1 min

Harold Ryan has stepped down as president of Bungie, the studio behind the hit sci-fi shooter Destiny. Ryan joined Bungie way back in 2000, and his departure comes a week after rumors that Destiny’s sequel has been delayed.