Categories Posted inin Business Guitar Hero is back — and this time, the songs are free in the cloud Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 14, 2015 8 min For the first time in five years, Activision and FreeStyleGames are going to deliver a new music game. It's a complete reboot. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Google Play dominates downloads in Southeast Asia, beating App Store by 4-to-1 ratio Posted byby GamesBeat April 13, 2015 2 min Apple's App store trails by several times in terms of downloads in SE Asia. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment YouTube star iJustine on the secrets of getting attention — and 500M views Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 13, 2015 8 min iJustine says that being authentic is the way to get loads of fans. Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business After a five-year hiatus, Activision teases a new Guitar Hero Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 13, 2015 2 min Cryptic video teases a new game. Is it the new Guitar Hero? Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment U.S. patent office busts one tool trolls use to bully podcasters Posted byby GamesBeat April 10, 2015 1 min The USPTO said Personal Audio's claims were "obvious" and "unpatentable." But the battle goes on. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business New Nintendo mobile partner DeNA confirms layoffs at Vancouver game studio (updated) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 10, 2015 2 min The layoffs come on the heels of a big alliance with Nintendo. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Zynga CEO shuffle, Lego Dimensions, and more e-sports dough Posted byby Mike Minotti April 10, 2015 3 min Welcome to another roundup of every GamesBeat story we published this week! We looked at how games turned a man into a real-like Tony... Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business These signs say Nintendo is giving up on the Wii U Posted byby Mike Minotti April 9, 2015 4 min The Wii U might be having its last real year of support. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Technology Zynga replaces CEO Don Mattrick with a familiar face — founder Mark Pincus Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 8, 2015 4 min Mark Pincus returns to day-to-day control of Zynga. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Rovio awarded $4.3M over fake Angry Birds toys Posted byby GamesBeat April 7, 2015 1 min The Angry Birds studio just won a major case dealing with trademark and copyright infringement. Continue Reading 1 min