Categories Posted inin Business Rocket League will make anyone love soccer Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 17, 2015 3 min Rocket League is fun to play and watch -- it's like a real sport in that way.
Categories Posted inin Business This $1.4B online gambling deal creates a new real-money gaming titan: 888 Holdings Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2015 1 min Real-money online gambling is consolidating, and that could have an impact on social casino games.
Categories Posted inin Business Destiny’s exotic-weapon merchant Xur won’t have an exotic weapon this weekend Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 17, 2015 1 min Every Friday in Bungie’s sci-fi shooter Destiny, a merchant named Xur appears in its central tower. This is a big deal for Destiny diehards, because he always brings an exotic weapon with him. Well, except for this week.
Categories Posted inin Business Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Arkham Knight fans Posted byby GamesBeat July 17, 2015 4 min Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical -- yes, a musical! -- is something fans of The Dark Knight's latest gaming adventure should check out.
Categories Posted inin Business Pac-Man Bounce is Bandai Namco’s latest attempt to resurrect an old franchise on mobile Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 17, 2015 2 min Pac-Man Bounce is a puzzle game rather than a twitch-style arcade experience.
Categories Posted inin Development 5 ways to make your players happy Posted byby Jason Wilson July 17, 2015 4 min A number of game design mechanics can help make sure your players love your game and don’t bolt after day one.
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft’s latest iPhone game (yes, iPhone) is Age of Empires: Castle Siege Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 17, 2015 2 min Age of Empires comes to iOS with cross-platform play.
Categories Posted inin Business The Flock designer discusses decision to shut game down after a set number of player kills Posted byby GamesBeat July 17, 2015 3 min The Flock will cease to exist after so many player kills. We get the designer's perspective on this ballsy move.
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Remembering Iwata, Angry Birds 2, and comparing MOBAs Posted byby Mike Minotti July 17, 2015 3 min Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat.
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Fallout Shelter is a rare free-to-play hardcore mobile gaming hit Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 17, 2015 7 min The game has been a big hit with Fallout fans, but its designers could learn a lot from mobile experts.