Categories Posted inin Business Apple’s shelling out $32.5 million to parents burned by their kids’ in-app spending sprees Posted byby GamesBeat January 15, 2014 1 min Apple has agreed to dole out $32.5 million to affected parents over the next twelve months.
Categories Posted inin Business Steam Dev Days: Greenlight gets death sentence, third-party Steam controllers, and 75 million users Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 2 min Steam is holding a number of talks and question-and-answer sessions for developers and publishers in Seattle.
Categories Posted inin Business Ubisoft hops on Steam’s Early Access bandwagon with Ghost Recon Online Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 2 min Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter will hit the service some time this spring.
Categories Posted inin Business Ex-Bungie developer’s Industrial Toys unveils its Midnight Star shooter game and digital comic for iOS Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 15, 2014 7 min With both a comic and a shooter, Industrial Toys is taking the transmedia approach to setting itself apart on mobile.
Categories Posted inin Business China’s CrossFire shooter is bigger than League of Legends and World of Tanks Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 15, 2014 2 min Top 10 free-to-play titles generated $3.6B in worldwide sales in 2013, according to SuperData.
Categories Posted inin Technology Agawi’s AppGlimpse will stream ‘playable ads’ to mobile gamers Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 15, 2014 3 min Agawi will stream a game demo to a player, as a form of advertisement.
Categories Posted inin Business NativeX guarantees game developers at least 30% increase in ad revenue — or will pay $30,000 in cash Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 15, 2014 2 min NativeX is confident enough that its game-like ads will drive revenue that it is offering a guarantee.
Categories Posted inin Business Offensive Combat studio closes a year after launching its shooter on Facebook and mobile Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 2 min U4iA Games can make no more crude jokes as it shuts down after releasing just one game.
Categories Posted inin Business Major League Baseball is making its own game based on the classic R.B.I. Baseball franchise Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 2 min The baseball title will hit mobile as well as current- and next-gen consoles.
Categories Posted inin Business Your wardrobe is your arsenal in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Posted byby GamesBeat January 15, 2014 3 min Square Enix is turning fashion into battle tactics by keeping Lightning's abilities tied to unique armor sets.