Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard’s Hearthstone card game opens to the public Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 21, 2014 2 min The collectible-card game is now open to all North American players. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Analyst: Brazil, Russia, India, and China as well as Steam will help PC gaming top $24 billion by 2017 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 21, 2014 2 min Valve's Steam Machines might also lead to growth for the PC gaming market. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business A deep dive into the making of the eye-popping Star Swarm demo (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2014 17 min Oxide Games' co-founder Tim Kipp explains how his team created Star Swarm. Continue Reading 17 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apportable’s SpriteBuilder lets developers run their iOS games on Android Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 21, 2014 2 min SpriteBuilder is based on open-source software and compiles Objective-C game code so that it runs on Android. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business King: We trademarked ‘Candy’ because ‘our IP is constantly being infringed’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 21, 2014 2 min King says it won't go after games that use candy "legitimately." Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business All the King’s sweets: Candy Crush Saga studio gets trademark for the word ‘Candy’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 20, 2014 4 min King is already trying to push other games out of the market that use the word. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business See what four experts have to say about the top gaming trends of 2014 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 20, 2014 22 min At the recent 2014 International CES tech show, we quizzed representatives from Sony, Microsoft, Oculus VR, and Rovio about the challenges that stand in their way. Continue Reading 22 min
Categories Posted inin Business Norwegian high school teacher uses The Walking Dead to teach ethics Posted byby GamesBeat January 20, 2014 2 min If the zombie apocalypse came tomorrow, these students would be ready. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business 10 online PC games that made more than $100M in microtransaction sales last year Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 20, 2014 2 min League of Legends, Team Fortress 2, and more are now making more than enough from selling virtual goods. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo still doesn’t plan to release Mario, Zelda, or its other games on mobile Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 20, 2014 2 min Nintendo thinks it should just use smartphones to raise awareness about its console and handheld games. Continue Reading 2 min