Categories Posted inin Business Yoshi’s New Island makes us question all of his dino-egg tossing (preview) Posted byby GamesBeat February 27, 2014 5 min Yoshi's found a new island to throw his offspring around on in Yoshi's New Island Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Veteran developers’ new take on a 30-year-old wizard game comes together in the cloud Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 27, 2014 4 min Fixer Studios is basing its Sinister Dexter on an old pen-and-paper RPG while working with a revolving group of industry pros. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Murdered: Soul Suspect turns a ghost story into a fascinating, original video game (hands-on preview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 27, 2014 9 min You're dead. And your investigative task as the player is to solve your own murder. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo pulling the plug on Wii and DS online gaming (updated) Posted byby GamesBeat February 27, 2014 2 min Come May 20, Nintendo will shut down its Wi-Fi Connection service, an online network for Wii and DS games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Minecraft is mainstream with 100M registered PC accounts and 14.3M copies sold Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 26, 2014 2 min The original Minecraft has converted more than 14 percent of those people into paying customers. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Development Cloning for good: Code.org eases kids into programming with Flappy Bird Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 26, 2014 2 min In around 10 minutes, just about anyone can have their own version of Flappy Bird running on Code.org. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Activision shuts down Call of Duty Elite premium subscription service Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2014 2 min The end of the premium social network service shows not everything with the Call of Duty name succeeds. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Google Play’s game-related revenues are growing twice as fast as iOS Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 26, 2014 2 min The rise of the Asian and Pacific markets are helping Android games grow at a rapid rate. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Only 0.15 percent of mobile gamers account for 50 percent of all in-game revenue (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2014 3 min It pays to identify and target your game's high rollers, but don't be unrealistic about how many people will spend money. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business South Park: The Stick of Truth’s abortion, anal-probing scenes censored in Europe, Middle East, and Africa Posted byby GamesBeat February 25, 2014 2 min When South Park: The Stick of Truth releases in the Americas, it will have two minutes of gruesome content that won't exist in many parts of the world. Continue Reading 2 min