Categories Posted inin Business Funcom removes subscription requirement for The Secret World Posted byby GamesBeat December 12, 2012 1 min Gamers no longer need to pay a monthly fee to play Funcom's MMORPG The Secret World.
Categories Posted inin Business Everyone’s a winner: Zynga’s new Elite Slots Facebook game Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 12, 2012 2 min Zynga's Elite Slots rewards players at all times.
Categories Posted inin Business OpenKit to release open-source social mobile gaming services with no lock-in for developers Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 12, 2012 3 min Gree shut down OpenFeint. So OpenKit will replace it and allow developers to own the data associated with their games.
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Black Ops II developer Treyarch unleashes Zombies on its popular Nuketown map Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 12, 2012 1 min Call of Duty: Black Ops II's popular Nuketown 2025 map gets overrun with the walking dead.
Categories Posted inin Business McDonald’s includes toys of Moshi Monsters’ virtual pets in Happy Meals Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 12, 2012 1 min McDonald's will pack in one of the virtual pet monsters in its meal for children.
Categories Posted inin Business Historic epic makes history: Assassin’s Creed III hits 7M sold in a month Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 12, 2012 2 min The new Assassin's Creed game is the best-selling to date.
Categories Posted inin Business Block-builder Roblox goes mobile in time for the holidays Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 12, 2012 2 min Roblox brings its user-creation tool of the same name to iPhone and iPad.
Categories Posted inin Business Sony Online Entertainment chief says online frag game PlanetSide 2 is a smashing success (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 12, 2012 10 min And by the way, don't hack the game. Because John Smedley hates cheaters with a passion.
Categories Posted inin Business It’s dangerous for developers to go alone. Scopely offers help Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 12, 2012 2 min Developer Scopely shifts into a publisher with its new LevelUp program for independent studios.
Categories Posted inin Business Applifier raises $4M to for expansion into mobile game replays Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 12, 2012 2 min Applifier expands its business into mobile game video replays.