FriendsLearn wrapping up its Kickstarter for food-fight game with push into India Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 17, 2013 2 min Indian company FriendsLearn hopes to develop a multiplayer version of its Fooya food-fight game. Continue Reading 2 min
Kizzang will give away $7.7M in a free March Madness sweepstakes bracket game Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 17, 2013 3 min A Las Vegas startup with video game veterans plans to launch a whole series of sweepstakes games. Continue Reading 3 min
Defeating mobile game clones: Why copyright protection is not enough Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 16, 2013 3 min Copycat mobile games are a particularly tough problem. Continue Reading 3 min
Action video games improve your ability to search through complex visual scenes Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 14, 2013 2 min This means that it might be easier to train gamers for certains kinds of jobs. Continue Reading 2 min
Pikachu 3DS XL coming to the U.S. on March 24 Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 14, 2013 1 min A Nintendo handheld doesn't become a man until it gets its first Pokémon version. Continue Reading 1 min
What it means to be a ‘whale’ — and why social gamers are just gamers Posted byby GamesBeat March 14, 2013 7 min "Whales" are more than dollars signs -- they're regular gamers with an obsession and social lives that extend beyond the game. Continue Reading 7 min
Are Kickstarter crowdfundings slowing down? Uh huh Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 12, 2013 3 min In terms of sheer numbers of projects, Kickstarter isn't quite what it used to be. Continue Reading 3 min
Old meets new as Angry Birds debuts on arcade machines Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 12, 2013 1 min Dream Arcades will also launch titles like Cut the Rope on its retro-style arcade machines. Continue Reading 1 min
Threeview: SimCity reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic Posted byby GamesBeat March 11, 2013 5 min Our alternative reviewers give us their thoughts on playing (or not playing, as the case may be) EA's newest city-building sim. Continue Reading 5 min
EA says SimCity core server problems are ‘almost behind us’ Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 11, 2013 2 min Lucy Bradshaw, the general manager of the Maxis label at EA, has become a prolific blogger lately. She said in a post on Sunday that the core problems with getting into the always-connected single-player game are “almost behind us.” Continue Reading 2 min