Categories Posted inin Business How King built one of the strongest businesses in gaming — and what we learned from its IPO filing Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2014 8 min The King IPO will come down to how long Candy Crush Saga will last and whether it will lead to a whole series of blockbuster hits. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business How mobile developers are using games to help the victims of cyberbullying Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 19, 2014 4 min High School Story has referred over 1,000 teens to professional counselors since December. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Worldwide spending on mobile game apps tripled in 2013 to $16B Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2014 2 min Games are the biggest part of digital content, accounting for $34 billion in non-app digital spending in 2013. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Steve Perlman’s Artemis unveils his ‘breakthrough’ wireless broadband technology: pCell Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 19, 2014 2 min Steve Perlman is back with another cool tech to save the wireless world. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business BioShock developer Irrational Games ‘winding down’ — founder Ken Levine starting new studio Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 18, 2014 3 min Levine plans to take around 15 Irrational employees to his new endeavor within Take-Two Interactive. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Candy Crush Saga maker King files for an IPO Posted byby GamesBeat February 18, 2014 3 min King Digital Entertainment makes one of the hottest mobile games around: Candy Crush Saga. It also intends to offer one of the hottest new stocks on Wall Street. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nvidia debuts first Maxwell-based GeForce bargain-priced graphics chips for the PC Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 18, 2014 3 min Nvidia doubles performance-per-watt with its new Maxwell-based graphics chips. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony sells 5.3M PlayStation 4s worldwide since launch Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 18, 2014 2 min Sony puts pressure on Microsoft to match PS4 sales. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Google Play store overtakes iOS in Germany and Spain Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2014 2 min Clash of Clans and Candy Crush Saga still dominated in January revenues. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Harmonix experiments with a ‘musical first-person shooter’ with Chroma Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 17, 2014 5 min You'll shoot to the beat of music in this colorful fantasy game. Continue Reading 5 min