Categories Posted inin Business The day the music died for guitar games — and how they’re coming back Posted byby GamesBeat April 15, 2015 9 min Activision and Harmonix are giving the once rockin’ music game genre one more go on the new generation of game consoles, though they’re changing up... Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business This role-playing game mixes Diablo in the bright colors of The Banner Saga Posted byby GamesBeat April 15, 2015 5 min You can play Masquerada the way you want to, tactics or no tactics. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Me Girl developer raises $1M to expand its girl-gaming lineup Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 14, 2015 1 min A gaming company focused on providing quality games to girls and women now had more money to do so. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business TabTale buys rival Sunstorm — and bags more than 100 games and 5M players Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 10, 2015 1 min TabTale, an Israeli publisher, will now have its own studio in the U.S. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business New Nintendo mobile partner DeNA confirms layoffs at Vancouver game studio (updated) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 10, 2015 2 min The layoffs come on the heels of a big alliance with Nintendo. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony and Kabam join GamesBeat Summit — early pricing ends at 5 p.m. today Posted byby GamesBeat April 10, 2015 3 min Ticket prices will go up at 5 pm today for our brand new event for 180 top gaming executives on May 5-6 in Sausalito, Calif. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Zynga CEO shuffle, Lego Dimensions, and more e-sports dough Posted byby Mike Minotti April 10, 2015 3 min Welcome to another roundup of every GamesBeat story we published this week! We looked at how games turned a man into a real-like Tony... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: In games, rebooting a big dream isn’t easy Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 10, 2015 5 min A tale of two companies with big dreams that have fallen down to Earth. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business AlphaDraft — gaming’s DraftKings — is hosting its own $12.5k League of Legends tournament Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 10, 2015 1 min AlphaDraft wants the biggest e-sports audience in the world to pay attention. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business A virtual, interactive game show is coming to prime time in 2016 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 10, 2015 4 min Norwegian company raises $8.5M in funding for blend of gaming tech, e-commerce, and game shows. Continue Reading 4 min