Categories Posted inin Business At long last, Jason Jones admits tweaking firepower of Halo’s pistol Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 7, 2013 2 min Bungie co-founder Jason Jones admits to tweaking pistols in Halo. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard is testing microtransactions in World of Warcraft Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 5, 2013 2 min World of Warcraft has been losing subscribers, so free-to-play may be in the offing. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game publishers still struggling with consistent hits and monetization in mobile games Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 5, 2013 2 min They'll set the stage for GamesBeat 2013 coming in October. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Don Mattrick leaves Microsoft for Zynga, Ubisoft’s uPlay service hacked Posted byby GamesBeat July 5, 2013 3 min If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Miyamoto blames software delays on Wii U development requiring ‘about twice the human resources’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 5, 2013 2 min Miyamoto explains that Nintendo underestimated the difficulty of transitioning to HD development. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Richard Garriott recruits fantasy game veteran Starr Long for Shroud of the Avatar Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 5, 2013 2 min Starr Long helped Garriott make Tabula Rasa and Ultima Online. Now he'll work on Shroud of the Avatar. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rumored EA survey suggests SimCity could get offline mode and bigger cities Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 5, 2013 2 min Survey asks players how they would feel about an expansion that adds bigger cities and a classic offline mode. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game Freak introduces new Pokémon, Honedge, and explains the inspiration for X and Y Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 5, 2013 1 min Game Freak set the new game in a France-like world. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: How Zynga snared Xbox boss Don Mattrick as its CEO Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 5, 2013 5 min Bing Gordon, the consiglieri to Mark Pincus, gets credit for luring Don Mattrick to the top job at Zynga. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Register now to beta test the Xbox Live 2013 update Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 5, 2013 1 min Microsoft is preparing to upgrade its online service for its gaming console. Continue Reading 1 min