Categories Posted inin Business My problem with online multiplayer: A couch won’t fit through an Ethernet cable Posted byby GamesBeat December 10, 2011 2 min “Hey, I found my old Dreamcast and Bust-a-Move. It's too bad no one's willing to challenge me. Alas, the loneliness of being a Bust-a-Move demigod.”...
Categories Posted inin Business THQ lays off 30 following lower-than-expected uDraw sales Posted byby GamesBeat December 10, 2011 1 min THQ has laid off 30 people from its Play THQ development team, including executive of kids-family-casual games Martin Good. Play THQ is the team...
Categories Posted inin Business Angry Birds turns two this weekend. Rovio celebrates in style. Posted byby GamesBeat December 10, 2011 1 min The smash hit mobile game Angry Birds turns two on Dec. 11, having been downloaded over half a billion times since launch. To celebrate...
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Why Google native client will make game developers and consumers happy (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 10, 2011 2 min Google announced on Thursday that its “native client” technology is ready, and it will allow game developers to get heavy-duty games to run in...
Categories Posted inin Business The Wii U is not a console: It’s a challenge Posted byby GamesBeat December 9, 2011 3 min "We saw a kind of motion-controls 'gold rush' on the Wii where many, many companies integrated the feature in a crass, thoughtless, or nominal...
Categories Posted inin Business No bonanza: November video game sales grow a scant 0.4 percent Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 9, 2011 3 min U.S. retail video game sales were only slightly up from a year ago, growing 0.4 percent to $3 billion this year, according to market...
Categories Posted inin Business The 10 Best Gaming Videos of 2011 Posted byby GamesBeat December 9, 2011 3 min This year has been a great one for gaming. To celebrate, here are 10 of the finest gaming related videos to have hit the...
Categories Posted inin Business YouWeb’s Pluto Games raises $500K for tablet-based music education games Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 9, 2011 2 min Pluto Games is spinning out of game incubator YouWeb today, raising $500,000 in seed money in the process. Pluto Games will use the money...
Categories Posted inin Business Tired of ads on your Xbox dashboard? Reddit shows you how to block them Posted byby GamesBeat December 9, 2011 2 min The Xbox Metro dashboard has brought lots of shiny new features to the console, but many gamers are troubled by the amount of advertising...
Categories Posted inin Development DeanBeat: The iPhone fairy tale comes true for Russia’s Cut the Rope developers Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 9, 2011 5 min The iPhone fairy tale is becoming a familiar one for game developers: A small indie developer creates a hit, people love it, and it...