Categories Posted inin Business Daily Blips: Rock Band Network, Bayonetta Delayed, Halo Movie, and More Posted byby GamesBeat July 17, 2009 2 min We’re stoked about theoretically playing anyone’s songs in Rock Band. Hopefully Zack Morris will upload his chart-topping hit “Friends Forever” into the game. News...
Categories Posted inin Business What the Hell: Michael Jordan Never in NBA Jam? Posted byby GamesBeat July 17, 2009 1 min You guys must be as boom-shakalakaed as us — why the hell was basketball great Michael Jordan never in the classic Midway arcade game...
Categories Posted inin Technology Can Facebook help apps get iPhone distribution? Posted byby GamesBeat July 17, 2009 2 min One of the biggest problems for iPhone apps is finding users — the main way growth happens now is, paradoxically, by climbing the charts...
Categories Posted inin Business Video game sales plunge for 4th month in a row Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 16, 2009 2 min U.S. video game revenues fell more than analysts expected in June, thanks to a dearth of new titles during the typically slow summer months,...
Categories Posted inin Business Namibians come up with clever Sudoku game for multiple devices Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 16, 2009 2 min I’ve never written about a game company in Africa. Here’s a first. Gamecarte of Windhoek, Namibia, has come up with a clever twist on...
Categories Posted inin Business Daily Blips: No Black Wii For Us, WoW iPhone App, NPDs, and More Posted byby GamesBeat July 16, 2009 2 min We don’t know why Nintendo doesn’t like colors. We do. Nothing makes us gayer than seeing a beautiful rainbow of colorful consoles. News Blips:...
Categories Posted inin Business Blueberry Garden: The Girl and the Game Posted byby GamesBeat July 16, 2009 3 min Editor’s Note: A really fun, whimsical "review" by Mike McLeod. It’s really fascinating to see how the game basically tricked him into caring for...
Categories Posted inin Business What the Hell: iPhone Portal Could Be a Convincing Lie Posted byby GamesBeat July 16, 2009 1 min Seems like everything is coming to the iPhone these days. Name a game and it’s probably already on Apple’s fancy yap device. Come on,...
Categories Posted inin Business The Racial Slur That Changed Games Journalism Posted byby GamesBeat July 16, 2009 5 min Editor’s note: I was hesitant to promote this story at first. These days, people spend more time engaging in “New Games Journalism” and less...
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture One On One Arcade Robot Mayhem: Now On XBLA (Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram Review) Posted byby GamesBeat July 16, 2009 4 min Back when American arcades were beginning their slow decline, there were a few types of games I turned to. I mostly played racing, fighting,...