Categories Posted inin Business Dead Underground turns London’s subway map into a zombie-strategy blast Posted byby GamesBeat April 22, 2014 5 min Creating tension and excitement in a free browser game is a tough ask, but this is one zombie title worth diving into from your desk.
Categories Posted inin Business Make it Candy Crush Saga time: King opens Japanese office to better serve the important market Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 22, 2014 3 min King is also starting a new series of TV advertisements in Japan to promote the social puzzler.
Categories Posted inin Business Forget ripoff: Disney Magical World is better than Animal Crossing Posted byby Mike Minotti April 22, 2014 3 min Disney Magical World is more game, less life-sim than the Nintendo franchise that inspired it.
Categories Posted inin Business 2K saves Borderlands and Civilization from the GameSpy apocalpyse Posted byby Mike Minotti April 22, 2014 1 min 2K released a list of games migrating from GameSpy to Steamworks -- and a list of those that'll soon lose online support.
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo embraces the idea of a ‘season pass’ for Mario Golf: World Tour Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 22, 2014 2 min Nintendo will give players a discount if they purchase all of Mario Golf's add-ons in one bundle. This is a first for the Japanese publisher.
Categories Posted inin Business Marvel Puzzle Quest’s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 5: Adventures in consumables Posted byby Jason Wilson April 22, 2014 5 min In the previous parts, we touched mainly on things that had worked well from an ARPU perspective for Marvel Puzzle Quest. That’s a bit...
Categories Posted inin Business Brazilian gamers turn their attention — and spending — to free-to-play Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 22, 2014 2 min The "B" in BRIC is playing more microtransaction-based PC games than ever before.
Categories Posted inin Business Why Blizzard says Heroes of the Storm is a ‘hero brawler’ Posted byby GamesBeat April 22, 2014 8 min Heroes of the Storm is no different than Defense of the Ancients or League of Legends at the most basic level. But calling it a “hero brawler” could help players foster closer relationships with their characters.
Categories Posted inin Technology Movie fans: Test your command of trivia with Exponential Entertainment’s HollywoodPlayer game Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 22, 2014 3 min HollywoodPlayer has a bunch of movie-related trivia games for film buffs on Facebook.
Categories Posted inin Business Marketers have to adapt as half of all console game sales go digital Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 22, 2014 2 min By 2018, 50% of all game sales will be digital. This leads to more challenges that companies never had to deal with before.