Categories Posted inin Business Crowdstar launches rapid expansion to gain ground in Facebook games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 5, 2010 4 min Crowdstar came out of nowhere last fall to become one of the biggest game publishers on Facebook. Now it plans on holding onto that...
Categories Posted inin Business Guess Who: Round Sixteen Posted byby GamesBeat March 5, 2010 1 min You have to be smart to guess this week's mystery video game character based on their five seemingly random clues. Not that I'm saying...
Categories Posted inin Business Gravity Bear launches 3-D combat Battle Punks game on Facebook Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 5, 2010 2 min The next-generation Facebook games will arrive one of these days. Gravity Bear, a new social game startup run by game veteran Phil Shenk, is...
Categories Posted inin Business Playing Video Games Blind(folded) Posted byby GamesBeat March 5, 2010 1 min The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is particularly challenging. But without the use of one's eyes, the Water Temple and the Deku Tree...
Categories Posted inin Business News Blips: Modern Warfare Lawsuit, New Sony Handheld Devices Soon, Ubisoft Quells DRM Rumors, and More Posted byby GamesBeat March 5, 2010 2 min The media is abuzz with the Infinity Ward & Activision spat — but let's not forget about more serious issues to address. News Blips:...
Categories Posted inin Business Video Blips: Just Cause 2 Tech Demo, Blur Multiplayer Beta Trailer, Fist of the North Star, and More Posted byby GamesBeat March 5, 2010 1 min If Uncharted 2's Nathan Drake joined forces with Just Cause's Rico Rodriguez, the resulting high five could be heard from miles away. Video Blips:...
Categories Posted inin Business Raising Our Standards Posted byby GamesBeat March 5, 2010 3 min Editor's Note: I thought that I already held video games to high standards. After reading Cameron's article, I looked at some of my own...
Categories Posted inin Business Lawsuit details: Activision bought Infinity Ward for $5M, went on to generate $3 billion from its games Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 4, 2010 3 min Activision got the bargain of the century in 2002 when it paid a total of $5 million to buy Infinity Ward, a cash-strapped game...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture No Strings Attached – 004 – Customisation (part 2 of the 3 C’s) Posted byby GamesBeat March 4, 2010 2 min Once perceived as an 'extra', customisation is increasingly becoming a staple trait of Casual games. Social games, for instance the Facebook smash-hit Restaurant City,...
Categories Posted inin Technology No, Zynga did not keep 50% of its Haiti earthquake relief donations Posted byby GamesBeat March 4, 2010 1 min Social games publisher Zynga has confirmed with us that it did not keep 50 percent of its earthquake relief donations meant for Haiti. The...