Digital Futurism: A discussion about a popular video game art style (part 1) Posted byby GamesBeat August 2, 2014 11 min Four indie developers discuss a popular but rather vague art style: Digital Futurism Continue Reading 11 min
Alibaba's investment values Kabam at more than $1B Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 1, 2014 4 min Company says it will publish Lord of the Rings game in China and generate $500M in revenue in 2014. Continue Reading 4 min
The making of Sledgehammer Games and Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 29, 2014 8 min As Sledgehammer carved out its own style of Call of Duty game, it also had to mold its own company culture. Continue Reading 8 min
Meet the 12-year-old boy who makes games instead of going to school Posted byby GamesBeat July 26, 2014 7 min Sam Smith has been home-schooled for three years. He's now getting his education by making games, and Spacepants, his first published effort, has been a great success. Continue Reading 7 min
Google's $1B purchase of Twitch confirmed (updated) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 24, 2014 2 min Google wants some of that video livestreaming magic. Continue Reading 2 min
Mobile marketers are turning to video ads to acquire new users (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 22, 2014 2 min About 43 percent of respondents say they are most excited about using video ads in the future. Continue Reading 2 min
Late to the mobile game, Yahoo starts catching up with Flurry purchase Posted byby GamesBeat July 21, 2014 3 min Yahoo's purchase of Flurry makes sense, but it has a long way to go to catch up to Google and Facebook Continue Reading 3 min
Cliff Bleszinski on his retirement, returning, what he's learned, and where he's going from here (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat July 21, 2014 14 min The famous game designer leaves an early retirement to work on a new free-to-play shooter. But does he know what he's doing? Continue Reading 14 min
Loquacious former S.F. mayor Willie Brown leaves online gambling conference attendees agape Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 15, 2014 4 min Brown drives the industry nuts, but his stance shows the obstacles online gambling faces. Continue Reading 4 min
Digital distribution isn't killing GameStop — it's only making it stronger Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 14, 2014 4 min GameStop is the king of physical game sales, but it's forming an allegiance with digital to maintain its throne. Continue Reading 4 min