Categories Posted inin Business Has game investing turned into a gold mine or risky bubble speculation? Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 26, 2014 22 min Five global investors weigh in on the state of investing in the game business -- and how entrepreneurs can maneuver in this heady environment. Continue Reading 22 min
Categories Posted inin Business Crytek gets into the lucrative MOBA game with Arena of Fate Posted byby Mike Minotti May 22, 2014 2 min Crytek is bringing together heroes from fiction and history for its take on a MOBA. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Why Twitch is worth $1B to Google Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 19, 2014 5 min YouTube is potentially looking to acquire the gameplay-broadcasting site, and it makes a lot of sense. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business League of Legends parent company Tencent makes $1 billion in profit last quarter Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 14, 2014 2 min The Chinese online-gaming behemoth gobbled up $3 billion in revenue in the first three months of 2014. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business How three video game studios address, embrace, and sidestep ‘typecasting’ Posted byby GamesBeat May 6, 2014 7 min We talked to three game studios about being (or not being) "Those guys who make _____." Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Business Dota 2 grows larger than World of Warcraft, but League of Legends still crushes both Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 5, 2014 2 min Valve's hot online multiplayer game Dota 2 is getting bigger, but it still looks small compared to League of Legends. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business League of Legends, World of Tanks help PC spending surpass console gaming worldwide, proclaims analyst Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 29, 2014 2 min The PC is everywhere, which makes it a powerful platform for gaming, according to DFC Intelligence analyst David Cole. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm is checkers to League of Legends’, Dota 2’s chess Posted byby Mike Minotti April 29, 2014 4 min Heroes of the Storm ditches a lot of the complexity MOBA players find in League of Legends and Dota 2. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Brazilian gamers turn their attention — and spending — to free-to-play Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 22, 2014 2 min The "B" in BRIC is playing more microtransaction-based PC games than ever before. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why Blizzard says Heroes of the Storm is a ‘hero brawler’ Posted byby GamesBeat April 22, 2014 8 min Heroes of the Storm is no different than Defense of the Ancients or League of Legends at the most basic level. But calling it a “hero brawler” could help players foster closer relationships with their characters. Continue Reading 8 min