Categories Posted inin Business Trip Hawkins’ new game helps kids learn about their feelings Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 15, 2013 9 min The founder of Electronic Arts wants to make a lasting mark with IF, a game that helps kids deal with bullying and other emotional issues.
Categories Posted inin Business Oculus VR’s Brendan Iribe on raising $75M and building the next-generation consumer virtual reality (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 14, 2013 13 min Oculus VR CEO explains why Marc Andreessen's firm led a $75M round on the promise of a new consumer prototype for virtual reality goggles.
Categories Posted inin Business The art of fighting: Artwork dealer introduces Street Fighter collection (gallery) Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 13, 2013 3 min Cook & Becker worked closely with Capcom to get some pieces that highlight the history of the fighting series.
Categories Posted inin Business Pokémon Bank will hit 3DS eShop in two weeks Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 13, 2013 1 min Nintendo's cloud-based solution for managing Pokémon will hit 3DS on Dec. 27.
Categories Posted inin Business Studio 9+ hatches its first startup: Online sweepstakes platform TinySpark Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 13, 2013 3 min Tiny Spark will offload the task of creating sweepstakes programs to incentivize app users.
Categories Posted inin Business Splitforce takes analytics-based feedback test to Chinese game market Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 13, 2013 2 min Splitforce hopes to get a jump on rivals in China.
Categories Posted inin Entertainment YouTube’s Content ID system even flagged indie maven Jonathan Blow for posting footage of his own game Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 13, 2013 2 min YouTube's Content ID system is so broken it will even flag videos uploaded by a game's creator.
Categories Posted inin Business The terrifying, drug-fueled trip that spawned the game Continue?9876543210 Posted byby GamesBeat December 13, 2013 5 min Developer Jason Oda shares the real-life survival story that inspired Continue? -- and explains the meaning hidden in the code.
Categories Posted inin Business How the 3DS National StreetPass Weekend is Nintendo’s secret marketing weapon for the holidays Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 13, 2013 2 min Nintendo want to get its players out to stores with their 3DSes on one of the last big weekends before Christmas.
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: YouTube crackdown, award-show reveals, and Oculus VR gets massive funding Posted byby Mike Minotti December 13, 2013 4 min Check out our entire week's worth of gaming coverage.