Categories Posted inin Business Mobile gaming could drive entire video game industry to $100B in revenue by 2017 Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 14, 2014 2 min Game acquisitions hit a record $5.6B in 2013, even with a number of transactions excluded. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Square Enix and Silicon Studio are making StreetPasses matter in Bravely Default Posted byby GamesBeat January 14, 2014 2 min Friends and strangers can play a major role in the battles and world-building of Bravely Default. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Oculus VR’s Brendan Iribe on the latest virtual reality prototype (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 14, 2014 16 min Brendan Iribe says everyone who tries the new demo puts on a happy "Oculus face." Continue Reading 16 min
Categories Posted inin Business GameStop’s stock is getting hammered after the retailer lowered its Q4 guidance Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 14, 2014 2 min GameStop didn't explain why it lowered its guidance, but analysts expect that software sales were sluggish in December. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business 5 secrets you didn’t know about famous sports games Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 14, 2014 7 min Michael Vick's STDs, Madden's dumb defense, and Nintendo's 20-year-old rehashes are all unknown aspects of some of the best sports games ever made. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business Check out the highlights of this gaming marathon that raised $1 million for cancer prevention Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 13, 2014 2 min A group of gaming speedrunners showed off their skills for charity over the last week. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Intel bets that perceptual computing will save the PC (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 13, 2014 10 min Intel's top "perceptual computing" leader believes cheap gesture control cameras will revolutionize the PC. And he says Microsoft isn't Intel's enemy. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business Latest Battlefield 4 PC update repairs many issues — including fixing busted version of game in Asia Posted byby GamesBeat January 13, 2014 2 min The latest Battlefield 4 PC patch improves stability, fixes annoying in-game bugs, and evens the playing field for attack and stealth jets. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business New Chinese console regulations coming soon — won't permit 'things that are hostile to China' Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 13, 2014 2 min China's Ministry of Culture didn't provide a timeline, but it promised the new ordinances were coming as soon as possible. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business SimCity is getting an offline mode even though that didn't fit with the developer's original vision Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 13, 2014 2 min Electronic Arts is giving the always-online city-management title a single-player mode. Continue Reading 2 min