Categories Posted inin Business 99 Levels to Hell is Spelunky meets Bubble Bobble in a total bloodbath Posted byby GamesBeat February 18, 2014 4 min 99 Levels looks a lot like Derek Yu's platformer Spelunky -- but it's a different game in many ways. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Developer-advocacy group says Candy Crush Saga maker’s trademark actions are ‘overreaching’ and ‘predatory’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 18, 2014 2 min King's attempts to lock down "Candy" and "Saga" in gaming is hurting other developers, according to IGDA executive director Kate Edwards. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business BioShock developer Irrational Games ‘winding down’ — founder Ken Levine starting new studio Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 18, 2014 3 min Levine plans to take around 15 Irrational employees to his new endeavor within Take-Two Interactive. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Retrospective: 25 crazy years of Strider Hiryu Posted byby GamesBeat February 18, 2014 3 min Celebrate Strider Hiryu's 25th anniversary by looking back at all his stylish adventures -- from the original 1989 arcade game to the 2014 HD reboot. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Saga maker King files for an IPO Posted byby GamesBeat February 18, 2014 3 min King Digital Entertainment makes one of the hottest mobile games around: Candy Crush Saga. It also intends to offer one of the hottest new stocks on Wall Street. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game developers favor the PC, smartphones, and PlayStation 4 over Xbox One Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 18, 2014 3 min Game developers prefer to make games for the PC, smartphones, and Sony’s PlayStation 4 console over Microsoft’s Xbox One, according to a survey of... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Order: 1886’s steampunk setting will change how you play third-person shooters Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes February 18, 2014 4 min Developer Ready at Dawn reveals a little more info about its mysterious Victorian era shooter. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The new Strider makes me want to relive the craziness of the old one (review) Posted byby GamesBeat February 18, 2014 5 min Capcom's downloadable remake is a pedestrian take on the platforming classic. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Harmonix experiments with a ‘musical first-person shooter’ with Chroma Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2014 5 min You'll shoot to the beat of music in this colorful fantasy game. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business Peter Molyneux believes ripping people off with free-to-play games won’t last (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2014 20 min At 22cans, the elder gaming statesman is working on new schemes for monetization of his upcoming game Godus -- without the ripoffs or long waits. Continue Reading 20 min