Categories Posted inin Business Player acquisition costs up 54% year-over-year on mobile in October Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 26, 2013 2 min But costs and downloads were down very slightly compared to the previous month. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business With 10M downloads for Super Penguins, Supersolid launches Adventure Town mobile game Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 26, 2013 3 min The former Playfish team has also raised funding from Initial Capital and Index Ventures. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 lose nearly half of their trade-in value in the U.K. (infographics) Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 25, 2013 1 min Old consoles are losing value fast as next gen takes over living rooms. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business What do you think? Users can now post reviews of games on Steam Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 25, 2013 1 min Players can post reviews of games that they've played on Steam starting today. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Developers, brace for a bloodbath: The cost of getting a new mobile gamer exceeds revenue that user generates Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 25, 2013 2 min In October, the cost of acquiring a new player was $2.73, while the average revenue per gamer was $1.96. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Assassin’s Creed: Pirates brings high-seas adventures to iOS and Android in December Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 25, 2013 1 min Ubisoft built a high-end mobile graphics engine to power its new mobile Assassin's Creed title that looks like it took some inspiration from Sid Meier's Pirates. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Comb your hairy feet: Lego The Hobbit is coming in 2014 Posted byby Jeff Grubb November 25, 2013 1 min Lego, Warner Bros., and TT Games are coming together again, this time for Lego adaptations of Peter Jackson's The Hobbit films. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business More than 1.2 billion people are playing games Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 25, 2013 2 min Seven-hundred million people, or 44 percent of the world's online population, play online games -- according to a Spil Games report. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple aims to catch up in 3D sensing with acquisition of PrimeSense Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 25, 2013 2 min The Israeli startup provided the initial chips for Microsoft's Kinect system. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business In the land of Angry Birds: Rovio reveals its global entertainment ambitions (photo gallery) Posted byby Dean Takahashi November 24, 2013 9 min Rovio is building an entertainment empire and trying to become more than a one-brand company. Continue Reading 9 min