The Secret World developer shuts down Beijing studio — executes layoffs at other offices
Developer Funcom refocuses its efforts on its Raleigh, N.C. studio.
Sony and MLG will make PlanetSide 2 into a competitive e-sport with huge teams
As an eSport, PlanetSide 2 will probably have the biggest matches of any competitive game.
The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012
The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.
SAP launches an analytics dashboard for NFL.com fantasy football fans
You can get all sorts of data on fantasy football players with the SAP dashboard.
Facebook touts why its social network makes mobile games better
The giant social network claims that players who find games on Facebook spend more time in the corresponding apps and are more likely to spend money on those titles.
Biden reiterates the need for research on effects of violent video games
Biden says researchers should look into "excessively violent video games."
Microsoft sells 5.9M Xbox 360s in second quarter; Halo 4 is the best-selling Halo
Xbox 360 was the best-selling home console for the last 24 months, but it can't keep up with 2011 numbers.
Microsoft’s Xbox division down 11 percent for the second quarter
Microsoft's entertainment division brings in $3.772 billion in revenue.
What the 7 million-dollar Kickstarter games of 2012 did right
Last year's $1 million-plus video game Kickstarters share common reasons for their success. Plus, the developers share their campaign tips for 2013.
The GLaDOS recruitment agency: Using Portal 2 to find employees
San-Francisco based start-up WibiData is gamifying its recruitment process, by using a custom modified version of Portal 2 to help find new employees.