Categories Posted inin Business It’s happening: Nintendo using Skylander-like toys in its next Pokémon game Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 13, 2013 1 min We knew this day would come. Nintendo is using NFC to bring interactive Pokémon toys to Wii U.
Categories Posted inin Business Bethesda opens webstore to sell $300 Skyrim statue and other franchise merchandise Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 13, 2013 2 min Cool items include a pair of Vault 101 sneakers and a Dark Brotherhood T-shirt.
Categories Posted inin Business Widening its net, Kabam launches third-party publishing business Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 13, 2013 3 min Kabam follows the example of other fast-growing digital firms, by publishing games made by other developers.
Categories Posted inin Business Minecraft Realms: Mojang ventures into services with world rental aimed at families Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 13, 2013 2 min Minecraft families will get a simplified server solution from Mojang.
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga board member (and reality) causes markets to cool on Yahoo acquisition rumors Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 13, 2013 1 min Rumors that Yahoo might buy Zynga are fading as Bing Gordon talks about the magic of independence.
Categories Posted inin Technology Pixowl aims to extend its indie success with Greedy Grub Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 13, 2013 3 min Indie studio aims to make Greedy Grub into another success story. Its first title scored 8 million downloads.
Categories Posted inin Business Xi3 tries to dispel wrong assumptions about whether its Piston is Valve’s ‘Steam Box’ Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 13, 2013 3 min The statement this evening is perhaps the longest non-announcement of a product and its possible close-relative product that we have ever seen.
Categories Posted inin Development Are Kickstarter crowdfundings slowing down? Uh huh Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 12, 2013 3 min In terms of sheer numbers of projects, Kickstarter isn't quite what it used to be.
Categories Posted inin Business Check the status of SimCity’s servers anytime on the web Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 12, 2013 1 min You don't have to log in to see if SimCity will actually work for you anymore.
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo held ‘deep discussions’ before allowing Mario to punch people in Smash Bros. Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 12, 2013 2 min Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto talks violence in video games.