Categories Posted inin Business Why EA moved from the military to police combat with Battlefield Hardline (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 12, 2014 9 min EA's Visceral Games has made a gutsy move into cops and robbers, where the competition isn't as fierce.
Categories Posted inin Business Hideo Kojima tries to balance open world and gripping story with Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 12, 2014 9 min With latest game set in 1984, Kojima wants to remind us of how our wars and allies have changed.
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo reveals Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. for 3DS from Advance Wars studio Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 12, 2014 1 min Nintendo saved a 3DS announcement for the middle of the week.
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat community: Tell us what you think about E3 2014 Posted byby Jason Wilson June 12, 2014 1 min We want to read about your impressions of one of gaming's biggest events of the year.
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo’s plan to save the Wii U? Double down on the cuteness of Yoshi, Kirby, and Toad Posted byby Mike Minotti June 11, 2014 2 min Nintendo is packing the Wii U with tons of cuteness via Yoshi, Kirby, Toad, and Splatoon.
Categories Posted inin Business Warriors need love, too: The complex state of marriage in MMOs [update] Posted byby GamesBeat June 11, 2014 5 min Virtual marriages are becoming an important part of our favorite MMORPGs.
Categories Posted inin Business Sonic Boom’s modest 3DS version is much better than its confused Wii U sibling Posted byby Mike Minotti June 11, 2014 2 min Sonic Boom on the 3DS feels much more like an actual Sonic game.
Categories Posted inin Technology Exclusive: Zynga affirms its support of LGBT people & their rights after launching Duck Dynasty slots game Posted byby Jason Wilson June 11, 2014 2 min Zynga's experienced a host of problems over the last couple of years. You might want to add a public-relations kerfuffle to that list now.
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture The 32 World Cup countries have 734M gamers & will spend $55B on games in 2014 Posted byby GamesBeat June 11, 2014 1 min Newzoo ranked the participating World Cup countries according to how much gamers spend. Let's put it this way: U.S. soccer fans would be ecstatic if the results of the actual competition mirrored global gamer finances.
Categories Posted inin Business As gaming evolves, Activision zeroes in on its Destiny, Call of Duty, and Skylanders (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 11, 2014 8 min Activision publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg takes on the big topics of E3, including his upcoming blockbuster games.