Categories Posted inin Business Steam Dev Days: Greenlight gets death sentence, third-party Steam controllers, and 75 million users Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 2 min Steam is holding a number of talks and question-and-answer sessions for developers and publishers in Seattle. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ubisoft hops on Steam’s Early Access bandwagon with Ghost Recon Online Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 2 min Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter will hit the service some time this spring. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Ex-Bungie developer’s Industrial Toys unveils its Midnight Star shooter game and digital comic for iOS Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 15, 2014 7 min With both a comic and a shooter, Industrial Toys is taking the transmedia approach to setting itself apart on mobile. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business China’s CrossFire shooter is bigger than League of Legends and World of Tanks Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 15, 2014 2 min Top 10 free-to-play titles generated $3.6B in worldwide sales in 2013, according to SuperData. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Offensive Combat studio closes a year after launching its shooter on Facebook and mobile Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 2 min U4iA Games can make no more crude jokes as it shuts down after releasing just one game. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Major League Baseball is making its own game based on the classic R.B.I. Baseball franchise Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 2 min The baseball title will hit mobile as well as current- and next-gen consoles. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Check out the first 20 minutes of The Banner Saga Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 15, 2014 1 min We try out the beautiful role-playing game from former BioWare developers. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Valve releases SteamVR beta just before its Dev Days conference Posted byby GamesBeat January 14, 2014 2 min New SteamVR interface is designed to be navigated using an Oculus Rift development kit. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Wolf Among Us Episode 2 finally gets release window after 3-month delay Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 14, 2014 2 min Telltale revealed that it had development problems that caused the game to take the next installment to take longer than expected. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rovio’s Jami Laes on keeping Angry Birds in the entertainment vortex (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 14, 2014 7 min Laes sees technology coming that will blend the game and physical worlds of Angry Birds together. Continue Reading 7 min