Categories Posted inin Business Rumble signs Brazilian developer for free-to-play first-person shooter Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 29, 2013 2 min Aquiris Game Studios hopes to take free-to-play first-person shooters up a notch with Ballistic. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Disney closes Epic Mickey developer Junction Point Studios (updated with comments from Warren Spector) Posted byby Mike Minotti January 29, 2013 2 min Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios closes after disappointing sales for Epic Mickey 2. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Call of Duty: Black Ops II Revolution expansion is available now on Xbox 360 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 29, 2013 1 min Four new maps, new Zombies content, and a new weapon for 1200 Microsoft space-bucks. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Loyal-user-acquisition costs up 21 percent on iOS in December Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 29, 2013 1 min Downloads were up in December for the iOS App Store, but so were marketing costs. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Wargaming acquires Day 1 Studios for $20M to move into console games Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 29, 2013 3 min London-based publisher Wargaming is moving into multiplatform game development as it absorbs developer Day 1 Studios. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayJam reveals final GameStick design based on Kickstarter feedback Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 29, 2013 2 min The controller is more comfortable and the system now supports peripherals through a dock. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why developer teamPixel is making a bid for the Homeworld series (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat January 29, 2013 5 min Small development studio was in the middle of making a Homeworld-inspired strategy game -- and now it's taking a stab at acquiring the real thing. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Crytek picks up some former Darksiders developers for a new Austin-based studio Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 28, 2013 2 min Developer Vigil dissolved alongside THQ, but the core team will live on as Crytek USA Corp. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology PlayerScale handles behind-the-scenes infrastructure for games — and 100 million players Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 28, 2013 1 min The company offloads the infrastructure tasks for 4,000 game developers. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business This $170 special edition of Splinter Cell: Blacklist comes with a remote-control airplane Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 28, 2013 1 min For $170, gamers get the new Splinter Cell, some DLC, and a remote-controlled airplane. Continue Reading 1 min