Categories Posted inin Business As gaming evolves, Activision zeroes in on its Destiny, Call of Duty, and Skylanders (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 11, 2014 8 min Activision publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg takes on the big topics of E3, including his upcoming blockbuster games. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony’s Scott Rohde on game delays, beating Microsoft, and Project Morpheus Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 11, 2014 10 min Sony's U.S. game boss says his teams are open to experimentation as well as new franchises. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Xbox event opens with Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare live demo Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 9, 2014 2 min Microsoft is spilling its news at the E3 trade show in Los Angeles Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business How a seasoned venture capitalist at IDG Ventures views game investments (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 16, 2014 16 min IDG Ventures' Phil Sanderson has quietly become one of the most successful venture capitalists backing games. Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision and Hasbro reveal Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2014 2 min Activision continues to make bets on blockbuster movie-based video games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Skylanders still ahead of Disney Infinity in 2013 overall — but Minecraft likely beat both Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 17, 2014 2 min The battle for kids' gaming time was close, but the indie block-building game continued to sell like the phenomenon that it is. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Blizzard is trying to coax back old World of Warcraft players with the next expansion Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 17, 2014 2 min Players who prepurchase Warlords of Draenor can automatically upgrade a character to level 90. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business December 2013 NPD: While both supply constrained, Xbox One outsells PlayStation 4 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 16, 2014 4 min Xbox One and PlayStation 4 go head to head for their first full month. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Titanfall ‘Alpha’ test: Respawn invites select Battlefield 4 players to try its futuristic shooter Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 16, 2014 2 min Respawn wants to start stressing the game out to see how it handles real players leading up to its launch on March 14. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Ghosts Onslaught promises classic horror and destructive glee on Jan. 28 Posted byby GamesBeat January 13, 2014 2 min Four dynamic maps, a transforming weapon, and a new chapter in the Extinction story will be included in Ghosts' first expansion pack. Continue Reading 2 min