Categories Posted inin Technology King CEO shakes off sour Candy Crush Saga investors Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2014 4 min King's stock price falls in its first day of trading, but its CEO says the social-game company can deliver in the long run.
Categories Posted inin Business Xbox One killer app Titanfall’s new game modes will be free Posted byby GamesBeat March 26, 2014 1 min Titanfall's first expansion is in the works and will cost $10. It doesn't have any new modes, but these will be free when they are ready.
Categories Posted inin Business Atari and FlowPlay team up to offer social casino games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2014 2 min Fresh from a bankruptcy buyout, Atari's new boss wants to move the company in new directions.
Categories Posted inin Business The superfast rise of Oculus VR: How it went from startup to $2B acquisition in 21 months (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2014 8 min The founders of Oculus VR describe how their startup survived its charmed life and got acquired by Facebook for $2B.
Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Saga publisher’s share price quickly falls 11% in its market debut Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 26, 2014 2 min Investors are concerned about the publisher's over-reliance on one game and the publisher's slowing growth.
Categories Posted inin Business The Oculus-Facebook deal could marry tech, social, and gaming once and for all Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2014 9 min John Carmack will be working for Facebook and other consequences of the Oculus deal.
Categories Posted inin Business Mobile in-app ad revenues will surpass PC online display advertising by 2017 Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 26, 2014 2 min Mobile in-app ads grew revenues 60 percent in 2013.
Categories Posted inin Business Portal is about to become more portable Posted byby GamesBeat March 25, 2014 2 min Valve is bringing its classic physics-based puzzler to the Nvidia's Shield handheld console.
Categories Posted inin Business Zuckerberg paints a surprising future for Oculus VR: ‘The most social platform ever’ Posted byby GamesBeat March 25, 2014 3 min Zuck recently gave the ski-goggles-like device a spin, and described the experience as entirely "unique."
Categories Posted inin Business Maker of Candy Crush Saga to raise $500M on the stock market tomorrow, will be worth $7.6B Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 25, 2014 5 min The maker of Candy Crush Saga could raise more than $500 million at a valuation of around $7.6 billion.