Categories Posted inin Business NASA puts its asteroid-moving mission into a video game Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 5, 2014 2 min NASA and the Kerbal Space Program team will reveal more about their collaboration during the upcoming South By Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Free-to-play pioneers raise $2M for new mobile studio in Barcelona Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 5, 2014 2 min The new dev house Omnidrone will use the cash to finish development of its first game and bring in a team to start on a second. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Zynga spares its YoVille social game from the ax Posted byby Jeff Grubb March 5, 2014 2 min Zynga is considering selling YoVille back to its original creator, Big Viking Games. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business OnLive is reborn with IGN founder as chief and two new cloud-based gaming services Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 5, 2014 8 min CloudLift and OnLive Go will deliver cloud gaming benefits to users with much less cost. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Gold Rush: The race for crowdfunding dollars and the squeeze on smaller game developers Posted byby GamesBeat March 4, 2014 10 min With multiple million-dollar video game projects already funded, are we losing the spirit of Kickstarter? Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Game-rental service Gamefly now getting into movies to compete with Netflix Posted byby GamesBeat March 3, 2014 2 min Updated at 3:40 p.m. PST with a response from Gamefly CEO Dave Hodess. Video game rental service Gamefly has launched a new movie rental... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Don Mattrick shows his poker hand for turning Zynga around in mobile (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 3, 2014 9 min The Zynga CEO is putting his stamp on the company, starting with three new mobile versions of flagship games. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Technology With three new games, Zynga is fighting to matter in mobile Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 3, 2014 4 min For the past couple of years, Zynga’s problem was clear. The social gaming giant dominated the charts on Facebook, but not on mobile. And... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business A Jew’s take on playing a Jew in South Park: The Stick of Truth Posted byby Jason Wilson February 28, 2014 4 min The upcoming role-playing game from Ubisoft and Obsidian has plenty of pottymouth humor. But just how offensive is it? Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Will multiplayer-only games make the single-player campaign obsolete? Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 28, 2014 5 min A few big games of 2014 will make the triple-A multiplayer-only game a big force. Continue Reading 5 min