MOBAs are more popular on Facebook than Major League Baseball and the NFL
People might care more about the League of Legends finals than the Super Bowl one day. As you can see in the chart above,...
Game preorders are up 24%, with revenue up 33%, in 2015 — even if you hate them
People say they hate preorders, but the game-marketing tactic still works. The number of preorders made by consumers have gone up 24 percent in...
Metal Gear Solid V’s opening day was twice as good as Avengers: Age of Ultron’s
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain made $179 million globally on its opening day, according to Adobe Digital Index’s new report on gaming trends. Compare that to the blockbuster Avengers: Age of Ultron, which made $84 million globally on its opening day.
Yoshi’s Wooly World is adorable but can’t match Yoshi’s Island’s brilliance
Sometimes, a game is so good that it can actually become a problem. I think that’s how Nintendo feels about Yoshi’s Island, the classic...
Star Wars: Battlefront has no dedicated voice chat on console or PC
Those big, snowy Star Wars battles this winter might be quieter than you’d expected. Star Wars: Battlefront, one of this year’s biggest game releases,...
Battlefront beta ends as PC preorder deal flame up (25% off)
Star Wars: Battlefront beta ended earlier Tuesday. PC gamers can scoop up a well-time 25% off deal on the Origin digital version.
Gambling on your future is a necessary step for game studios
SAN FRANCISCO — Change has been a big part of Anatoly Ropotov’s life. He shared with a GamesBeat 2015 audience today about how moved across several companies in...
DeNA West boss: We should announce our Nintendo mobile game ‘soon’ [update]
Correction: I originally wrote that DeNA’s Shintaro Asako implied a timeline for Nintendo’s announcement, but that is not accurate. I apologize and regret the...
Magic Leap’s Graeme Devine: ‘Mixed reality’ is one of gaming’s unexplored frontiers
SAN FRANCISCO — Graeme Devine is no stranger to creating revolutionary gaming experiences, having worked on pioneering CD-ROM multimedia games The 7th Guest and...
Kongregate CEO Emily Greer: There’s nothing small about microtransactions
SAN FRANCISCO — For Emily Greer, the cofounder and CEO of indie game portal Kongregate, microtransactions is a misnomer to describe the in-app purchases...