Categories Posted inin Business Didn’t go to BlizzCon 2013? Here’s what you missed (gallery) Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes November 12, 2013 5 min GamesBeat chronicles its BlizzCon 2013 experience into one handy slideshow. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision Blizzard’s CEO believes next-generation console prices will come down faster than ever before Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 6, 2013 2 min Will consumers benefit from lower prices in this hardware cycle? Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business World of Warcraft down another 100,000 subscribers (updated) Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 6, 2013 1 min The MMORPG now has 7.6 million subscribers. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Ghosts isn’t as good as last year’s Black Ops II — or Battlefield 4 (review) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 5, 2013 18 min Call of Duty: Ghosts is an admirable effort, but it couldn't fight off the effects of gravity for an aging franchise. Continue Reading 18 min
Categories Posted inin Business With 45M monthly viewers, livestreaming startup Twitch raises $20M — and gets investment from Grand Theft Auto V parent Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 30, 2013 3 min Grand Theft Auto publisher Take-Two Interactive joins the latest round of funding for the popular video-streaming service. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision appeals to Delaware Supreme Court to lift block on massive Vivendi deal Posted byby Jeff Grubb September 24, 2013 1 min An Activision investor sued the publisher's board to halt the deal. The case goes to court Oct. 10. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The perfect storm: How Blizzard North channeled chaos to design the original Diablo Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 16, 2013 5 min The author of a new Blizzard book, Stay Awhile and Listen, analyzes game design at one of the industry's most successful companies. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision unveils Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer, and you can play a woman Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 14, 2013 4 min Activision reveals the multiplayer combat in its next big Call of Duty game. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Skylanders: Swap Force has lots of variety … and repetition (hands-on preview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 29, 2013 4 min You can now swap Skylanders toys to create new creatures. Is that enough to keep the juggernaut franchise going? Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision Blizzard stock soars 15%, Zynga's falls 14% — what does it mean for games? Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 26, 2013 4 min Investors piled out of Zynga and seemingly right into Activision Blizzard. Continue Reading 4 min