Categories Posted inin Business Will Wright on his entertainment startup, the Stupid Fun Club Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 7, 2009 5 min Will Wright has conquered the game industry and is now moving on to bigger things. He made waves in April when he announced he...
Categories Posted inin Business Tarver Games launching a location-based shooter game for iPhone Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 7, 2009 2 min Tarver Games is announcing today it has formed a game studio to develop games for the iPhone. The company’s first major title is Ghosts...
Categories Posted inin Business Oddworld Inhabitant: An Interview with Lorne Lanning Posted byby GamesBeat October 7, 2009 5 min Editor’s note: Not only did Toby land an interview with Lorne Lanning, he also got the first official word that the Oddworld Abe games...
Categories Posted inin Business The Largest Wii Sports Bowling Tournament Ever Posted byby GamesBeat October 7, 2009 1 min Need any more proof of the Wii’s popularity among the senior set? Last week, TexanPlus HMO sponsored a Wii Bowling tournament that attracted over...
Categories Posted inin Business Pixel Revolt — Episode 8 Posted byby GamesBeat October 7, 2009 2 min Pixel Revolt is Bitmob's community podcast, in which Derek Lavigne, Jeff Grubb, Brett Bates, and a special guest dive into the Mobfeed to pull...
Categories Posted inin Business CO-OP: TGS 2009, Dead Space: Extraction, Scribblenauts Posted byby GamesBeat October 6, 2009 1 min We’re sort of on vacation at the moment while we’re between seasons. While this special episode is longer than even our normal episodes, particularly...
Categories Posted inin Business Musings of a Gamer: Does Nostalgia Hurt the Industry? Posted byby GamesBeat October 6, 2009 3 min Editor’s note: I’m honestly torn when it comes to this question. I enjoy old games, and I probably spend more time playing older games...
Categories Posted inin Business PopCap Games raises $22.5 million to fund expansion into social games Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 6, 2009 2 min For almost 10 years, PopCap Games has shown it can come up with one hit after another in the casual downloadable games business. One...
Categories Posted inin Business Has Gaming Desensitized Us to Gore and Blood? Posted byby GamesBeat October 6, 2009 3 min Editor’s note: When it comes to blood and gore, I’m a wimp. My wife used to be in forensics, and she loves watching true-crime...
Categories Posted inin Business Dr. Light’s Got Nothing on This Guy: Homemade Mega Man Figures Posted byby GamesBeat October 6, 2009 1 min As kids, most of us played with G.I. Joe, Transformers, and tons of other action figures. At times, you might’ve been upset if the...