Categories Posted inin Business ESA calls for post-SOPA balance of “creative and technology interests” Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2012 2 min Trade associations are weighing in on the delay of the vote on the Stop Online Privacy Act — a delay that may have effectively...
Categories Posted inin Business Battlefield 3 voice chat fix for PS3 is confirmed – patch coming soon Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2012 1 min Playstation 3 gamers can breath a sigh of relief today, as Electronic Arts’ DICE officially confirmed that a patch to fix long running Battlefield...
Categories Posted inin Business Heyzap unveils 12 partners for its social discovery network for mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2012 2 min Heyzap, operator of a social mobile gaming network, has unveiled a list of 12 mobile gaming leaders that are partnering with it to promote...
Categories Posted inin Business Epic’s 3D graphics wizard Tim Sweeney says business and technology are “intricately linked” (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2012 15 min Tim Sweeney is one of the gods of 3D graphics in video games. He is the founder and chief executive of Epic Games, the...
Categories Posted inin Business Angry bakers have fingers burned as Baking Life Facebook game gets the chop Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2012 2 min PopCap Games has angered virtual bakers on Facebook by deciding to shut the doors to its Baking Life app on Jan 31. Despite many...
Categories Posted inin Technology What are the most-played words in Hanging With Friends? (exclusive) Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2012 1 min Hanging With Friends is a multiplayer puzzle game by Zynga where you guess the secret word your opponent has entered. It’s like Hangman, without...
Categories Posted inin Business JunoWallet scores big as its mobile wallet for gift cards goes viral Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2012 4 min In a sign that we are living in a truly mobile world, mobile gift cards are taking off like crazy. During the holidays, grocery...
Categories Posted inin Technology The DeanBeat: Should Zynga move into online gambling? Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2012 4 min Do gambling and Facebook games go together? Slot machine maker International Game Technology answered that question with a resounding “Yes!” when it bought Double...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Blizzard Still Making Huge Changes to Diablo 3 Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2012 1 min A post on the Diablo 3 blog by director Jay Wilson reveals huge game changes that are just now coming to the long-awaited sequel. These...
Categories Posted inin Business News Blips: Resident Evil 6, BioShock Infinite’s 1999 Mode, and The Old Republic slips EA’s stock Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2012 2 min I'm snowed in by a mixture of ice chunks, slush, and good old apathy while visiting a friend here in Seattle. No harm done:...