Categories Posted inin Business Evolving with the times: GameStop experiments with new tech to keep customers in stores Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes September 17, 2014 4 min Beacons and mobile apps will shape the GameStop shopping experience at brick-and-mortar stores. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Real-life Watch Dogs: Hacking the city cameras that spy on you Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 11, 2014 3 min Wireless mesh network cameras are vulnerable to hacking. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Watch Dogs' 8M copies sold pushes Ubisoft to record Q1 Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 10, 2014 2 min Ubisoft generated $490 million in sales during its fiscal Q1. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Guns, goats, and bomb scares: When video game PR goes bad Posted byby GamesBeat July 5, 2014 8 min We've collected 12 extreme examples of video game PR and asked the professionals why it always has to be so "edgy." Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: What happens to a game's story when it gets stretched too long? Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 4, 2014 6 min Some games go on so long that the strong narrative turns into a dramatic fizzle. Continue Reading 6 min
Categories Posted inin Business Analyst: Watch Dogs likely sold more than 5M copies by end of June Posted byby Jeff Grubb July 3, 2014 2 min The open-world action game is hacking into tons of cash for Ubisoft. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Violent video games can actually increase a player's moral awareness Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 2, 2014 2 min A new university study suggests that violent games make players more aware of violence in real life. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business E3 was filled with new things for GameStop to sell to hardcore gamers (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 19, 2014 10 min There were no price cuts on older consoles. But Xbox Ones are flying off the shelves at $400. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Watch Dogs' performance on PS4 and Xbox One is helping EA, Activision, and Take-Two Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 17, 2014 3 min Around 75 percent of Watch Dogs' sales were on the new systems, and Wall Street likes what that means for publishers with big games coming later this year. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business May 2014 NPD: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Watch Dogs, and Mario Kart 8 fuel industry-wide surge Posted byby Jeff Grubb June 16, 2014 3 min Gamers are starting to show up at retail to pick up software now that millions of homes have new-gen consoles. Continue Reading 3 min