League of Legends helps e-sports association double online audience for key European event Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 25, 2014 2 min Over 500,000 people watched the League of Legends finals on Twitch. Continue Reading 2 min
How a seasoned venture capitalist at IDG Ventures views game investments (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 16, 2014 16 min IDG Ventures' Phil Sanderson has quietly become one of the most successful venture capitalists backing games. Continue Reading 16 min
Research firm: China’s Tencent is now a bigger gaming company than Microsoft and Activision Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 10, 2014 2 min The League of Legends owner is making more money than any other gaming company. Continue Reading 2 min
Free-to-play juggernaut League of Legends still growing rapidly — 27M players daily Posted byby GamesBeat January 27, 2014 1 min The PC game has more then doubled its number of daily players since October 2012. Continue Reading 1 min
Analyst: Dota 2 made around $80 million in microtransaction revenues in 2013 Posted byby Jeff Grubb January 22, 2014 2 min Dota 2 will likely double its revenues in 2014, according to the industry analysts at SuperData Research. Continue Reading 2 min
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
China’s CrossFire shooter is bigger than League of Legends and World of Tanks Posted byby Dean Takahashi January 15, 2014 2 min Top 10 free-to-play titles generated $3.6B in worldwide sales in 2013, according to SuperData. Continue Reading 2 min
Game streamer shares his ordeal of hacker attacks and a terrifying police raid Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 31, 2013 4 min A tangle with hackers turned deadly serious after prank calls led the police to believe a game streamer was holding people hostage. Continue Reading 4 min
Hackers attack Dota 2 and League of Legends servers in quest for one game livestreamer Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 31, 2013 2 min An online group is attacking the servers that a Twitch streamer uses for online games. Continue Reading 2 min
China’s gaming industry generated $13 billion in 2013 Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 30, 2013 2 min Mobile gaming only accounted for $1.8 billion, but that exceeded expectations. Continue Reading 2 min