Categories Posted inin Business Zynga starts promoting third-party partner social games Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 1, 2012 1 min As it seeks to diversify its game portfolio and revenues, Zynga announced today it has begun promoting the games of third-party platform partners. Zynga... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Oprah wants you to say thank you by playing her game Posted byby GamesBeat May 1, 2012 1 min Oprah wants to spread kindness around the globe via her latest venture, Oprah's Thank You Game for Facebook. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rockstar Games reveals Max Payne 3 DLC plans Posted byby GamesBeat May 1, 2012 1 min If you're looking to buy all of Max Payne 3's downloadable content, you might want to crack open that wallet now, says Rockstar Games. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Know thine enemy? Hacker George “Geohot” Hotz met with Sony engineers Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 1, 2012 1 min Sony has gotten a lot of knocks for the way it handled the PlayStation 3 jailbreak, the subsequent dealings with the hacker involved, the... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Funzio scores big with third million-plus hit on the iPhone Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 1, 2012 2 min Funzio is three for three on the iPhone. The social-mobile game maker’s latest release, Kingdom Age, had more than 1 million downloads in its... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Tween girls doubled their game usage in the past year Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 1, 2012 1 min Tween girls, or those ages 8 to 12, doubled their game playing time per month in the past year, from 38 minutes a month... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gree releases its first Android U.S. mobile social title, Dino Life Posted byby GamesBeat May 1, 2012 1 min Social-game giant Gree invites you to raise and breed dino pets in its first Android-exclusive game. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business After insane development cycle, online game TERA finally poised for launch Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 30, 2012 3 min Taking on World of Warcraft is no small task. Just ask the folks who made TERA, the massively multiplayer online world that launches in... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business BioWare: Old Republic server transfers in early summer Posted byby GamesBeat April 30, 2012 1 min BioWare says character transfers for Star Wars: The Old Republic launches in early summer after a round of preliminary testing. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat 2012 panel will feature Kickstarter crowdfunding lessons Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 30, 2012 2 min We’re pleased to announce that we’ll have a panel on crowdfunding, one of the biggest changes to the funding of video game production that... Continue Reading 2 min