Categories Posted inin Business Fans pledged $200M to game crowdfunding projects on Kickstarter to date Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2013 2 min Games were 22 percent of all of the dollars raised on Kickstarter from 7,922 projects launched so far this year.
Categories Posted inin Technology The real driving forces behind hardcore social games Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2013 4 min Konstantin Sashchuk is general manager of Plarium’s Kharkov Studio. Developing a great free-to-play hardcore social strategy game isn’t easy. It has to appeal to an...
Categories Posted inin Business Disney’s Star Wars: Attack Squadrons is a free-to-play space sim with X-wings and TIE Fighters Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 17, 2013 2 min Attack Squadron is a free-to-play game that is currently in closed beta.
Categories Posted inin Business These are the games you played the most in 2013, according to Raptr (infographic) Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 17, 2013 1 min Raptr's members played a ton of Grand Theft Auto V, League of Legends, and Call of Duty: Black Ops II.
Categories Posted inin Business Minecraft and Candy Crush Saga dominate Apple’s iOS charts for 2013 Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 17, 2013 2 min Candy Crush Saga was the highest-grossing iOS app for all of 2013.
Categories Posted inin Business EA Sports’ Ignite is the Michael Jordan of game engines, which is a good and bad thing Posted byby GamesBeat December 17, 2013 4 min The next-gen Ignite engine powering EA Sports' titles is versatile but wildly inconsistent ... just like Mike.
Categories Posted inin Business King unleashes Dreamworld expansion for Candy Crush Saga Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 17, 2013 1 min New content adds an extra layer of complexity to the Candy Crush Saga mechanics.
Categories Posted inin Business Gree’s Knights & Dragons hits $5M in revenue in 30 days Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2013 2 min A partnership with Vancouver's Iugo Entertainment is working out well.
Categories Posted inin Development Famo.us shows the prettiest of 3D user interfaces for web-based mobile devices Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2013 3 min Steve Newcomb believes 3D user interfaces will become common as WebGL takes off in mobile devices.
Categories Posted inin Business Apple names Disney Animated as the best iPad app of the year Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 17, 2013 1 min Disney Animated lets users create their own movies with Disney characters.