Categories Posted inin Business Apple closes in on Nintendo with 40 million iPod, iPhone gamers Posted byby GamesBeat September 10, 2010 1 min Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ bold claim that Apple owns 50 percent of the mobile gaming market might not actually be a part of his... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Apple could undermine console gaming with TV app games Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 6, 2010 4 min Apple’s Steve Jobs is an expert at disrupting other companies’ businesses. Just look at what the iPhone did to Nokia and Motorola, two leaders... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Glu Mobile raises $13.5M in private placement as it expands to smartphone games Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 30, 2010 2 min Mobile game publisher Glu Mobile has raised $13.5 million in a private placement as it aims to expand its position in smartphone games. The... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Online game distribution co. Heyzap launches HTML5 support Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 12, 2010 1 min Online games platform company Heyzap is announcing today that its platform will support games that are written in HTML5, which is making a bid... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple hires video game journalist to pick iPhone games Posted byby GamesBeat April 25, 2010 2 min Apple is bringing on Matt Casamassina, an editor at News Corp.-owned video-game website IGN, to spearhead editorial content for iPhone and iPad games on... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Mirror’s Edge and Need for Speed Shift look cool on the iPad (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 5, 2010 2 min Seeing is believing when it comes to using the Apple iPad as a gaming device — so we’re giving you a video report to... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business iPad gaming first impressions: mesmerizing screen, but no killer app yet Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 4, 2010 6 min I picked up an Apple iPad on Saturday with the mission of checking out how good a device it is for gaming. I’ll be... Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Buying an iPad without the ordeal of waiting in line Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 3, 2010 2 min Unlike the early adopters who camped out early in San Francisco, I managed to waltz into an Apple Store in the Silicon Valley town of... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Roundup: iBooks come to the App Store, Gears of War 3 announced next week? Posted byby GamesBeat April 3, 2010 1 min Here’s the latest action: iBooks now available in the App Store — And the iPad’s e-book reading software comes with a free copy of... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Apple already sells out first week’s shipment of iPads Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 27, 2010 1 min Apple’s web site says it has already sold out its first shipment of iPads, the tablet computers that will be available April 3. That’s... Continue Reading 1 min