Categories Posted inin Business Lord British returns with his first new role-playing game in 15 years Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 8, 2013 6 min Richard Garriott is returning today with a new role-playing game and a Kickstarter campaign. Shroud of the Avatar is the spiritual successor of Ultima. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: The revenge of the old farts who outlast evil and survive in the games business Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 8, 2013 5 min If you've put your 10,000 hours of training in, the video game business is not a bad place to be. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment SyFy’s Defiance television show and Trion World’s online game are in the home stretch after five years Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 8, 2013 6 min Transmedia entertainment property Defiance is one of the biggest bets on cross-media promotion of games and TV. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Free-to-play online gaming company Bigpoint gets a new CEO Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 8, 2013 1 min Former chief gaming officer will now lead Bigpoint, which has 300 million registered online game players. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business SimCity server errors inspire a wave of memes (gallery) Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 7, 2013 3 min Unhappy gamers take to Photoshop and meme-making to express their displeasure with SimCity. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Videogamer: The Film explores gaming innovation from all perspectives Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 7, 2013 3 min A trio of game fans hopes to create a lasting documentary about the game industry's innovations. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Amazon stops selling digital copies of SimCity as EA shuts off in-game features (update) Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 7, 2013 1 min EA turned off leaderboards, achievements, and the game's fastest speed setting. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business SimCity not working for you? 5 alternative city-building games Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 7, 2013 3 min If you're done with SimCity, we have some city-building alternatives that might have what it takes to fulfill your needs. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Boy Scouts can now earn a badge for game design Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 7, 2013 2 min The recognition shows the mass appeal of games and the need for the Boy Scouts to keep up with the times. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA addresses SimCity issues — bringing in more servers and disabling some features Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 7, 2013 2 min The game's always-online infrastructure is collapsing under high demand. Continue Reading 2 min