Categories Posted inin Business Flappy Bird returns … but only to Amazon’s Fire TV Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 1, 2014 2 min As foretold in legend, the Flappy Bird has risen again.
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Ghosts studio picks up new development directors from Uncharted creator Naughty Dog Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 1, 2014 2 min The pair will likely bring some new ideas to the aging Call of Duty franchise.
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile user acquisition is still a hard slog. Listen to what the experts say about it. Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 22 min A trio of user acquisition pros answer a bunch of questions about getting quality mobile users.
Categories Posted inin Business Scientific Games acquires Bally's money-gaming, social-casino division in $5.1B deal Posted byby Jeff Grubb August 1, 2014 2 min Scientific will pay $3.3 billion in cash as well as an additional $1.8 billion to refinance Bally's existing debt.
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox One goes to China, Nintendo loses more money, and a 12-year-old who makes games Posted byby Mike Minotti August 1, 2014 3 min Welcome to August, and welcome to another weekly collection of GamesBeat’s stories! This time, Microsoft gets ready to sell the Xbox One in China,...
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: The top 10 takeaways from Casual Connect Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 11 min More than 3,000 people heard 250 speakers talk. Here's our view of what mattered.
Categories Posted inin Business A look inside Sledgehammer Games, the new Call of Duty studio (photo gallery) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 3 min Check out the place where the dev team is putting the finishing touches on Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare.
Categories Posted inin Business Ultima Forever is anything but: EA to shut down this iOS game a year after launch Posted byby GamesBeat August 1, 2014 2 min Another free-to-play mobile game shuts down, showing that forever doesn't always mean forever.
Categories Posted inin Business Role-playing game classic Dragon Quest IV coming to iOS in the U.S. Posted byby Mike Minotti August 1, 2014 1 min The U.S. is getting the iOS version of Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen, based on the 2008 Nintendo DS release.
Categories Posted inin Technology Alibaba's investment values Kabam at more than $1B Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 4 min Company says it will publish Lord of the Rings game in China and generate $500M in revenue in 2014.