GamesBeat weekly roundup: WoW loses 1.3M subscribers, Amazon brings paid apps to China, Q1 earnings, and more
This week, Activision reveals strong first quarter earnings while Blizzard loses 1.3 million World of Warcraft subscribers, EA lays off 1,000 but expects to...
Activision Blizzard says Call of Duty: Ghosts will be a huge launch, but stock falls on weak Warcraft numbers
In after-hours trading, Activision Blizzard's stock price fell 5 percent to $14.49 a share. The fall may be due to the drop in World of Warcraft numbers and the comments about the second half.
World of Warcraft loses 1.3 million subscribers
Activision is leaking subscribers in its popular MMO.
Dota 2 replaces World of Warcraft as Raptr’s third most-played game
The gaming social-network Raptr reveals the data for the 20 most-played games in April.
Raptr starts releasing its most-played games of the month: Black Ops II is tops for March
With 17M users, Raptr can figure out which games are being played the most.
League of Legends is crushing World of Warcraft in China’s Internet cafes (exclusive)
Tencent is giving Activision Blizzard a run for its money in the huge Chinese online gaming market.
Everybody was kung-fu fighting: Age of Wushu comes to America (preview)
Age of Wushu's kung-fu fantasy is already a major hit in China. Now developer Snail games plans on bringing its wuxia-style MMO to America, and they're targeting World of Warcraft players who crave a cheaper, deeper game.
‘The Thunder King’ trailer celebrates the imminent arrival of World of Warcraft’s latest patch
Gather, heroes. Sound the drums. The Thunder King comes. The Thunder King comes.
House GOP majority leader Eric Cantor calls publicly funded research into video games a ‘waste’
Video games could hold great mental-health benefits, but the leader of the House of Representatives' Republican majority would rather not know that.