Why Twitch is worth $1B to Google
YouTube is potentially looking to acquire the gameplay-broadcasting site, and it makes a lot of sense.
League of Legends parent company Tencent makes $1 billion in profit last quarter
The Chinese online-gaming behemoth gobbled up $3 billion in revenue in the first three months of 2014.
How three video game studios address, embrace, and sidestep ‘typecasting’
We talked to three game studios about being (or not being) "Those guys who make _____."
Dota 2 grows larger than World of Warcraft, but League of Legends still crushes both
Valve's hot online multiplayer game Dota 2 is getting bigger, but it still looks small compared to League of Legends.
League of Legends, World of Tanks help PC spending surpass console gaming worldwide, proclaims analyst
The PC is everywhere, which makes it a powerful platform for gaming, according to DFC Intelligence analyst David Cole.
Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm is checkers to League of Legends’, Dota 2’s chess
Heroes of the Storm ditches a lot of the complexity MOBA players find in League of Legends and Dota 2.
Brazilian gamers turn their attention — and spending — to free-to-play
The "B" in BRIC is playing more microtransaction-based PC games than ever before.
Why Blizzard says Heroes of the Storm is a ‘hero brawler’
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.
The top 10 free-to-play PC games that are best at separating players from their money
No game makes more money per average player than World of Tanks, but plenty make more money overall.
E-sports viewers doubled to over 70 million in 2013 — and they tend to be young men, married, and have steady jobs
Two top games research firms have partnered up to dig deep into the growth of e-sports.