Game industry acquisitions grew dramatically in the second quarter, putting 2012 on track to break records for game M&A deals, according to investment bank Digi-Capital. But investment into new game startups slowed somewhat in the first half of the year.…
Editor's Pick Movie-licensed games are experiencing an extinction by evolution. Mobile apps and quality releases based on specific characters are displacing these often mediocre titles.
We’re pleased to announce that David Wallerstein, senior executive vice president of international business at Tencent, will be sitting down with me for an on-stage fireside chat at our annual GamesBeat 2012 conference on July 10-11 in San Francisco.
Tencent …
Who are the real monsters, the zombies or your fellow survivors? That’s the question Telltale Games asks in The Walking Dead Episode 2: Starved for Help.
The disruptive effect of Sony’s $380 million acquisition of Gaikai could send reverberations throughout the video game industry.
As such, the deal will give Sony several strategic options that will help it fight the console war. With cloud gaming, the …
Microsoft is taking the transmedia approach to the launch of its Halo 4 video game for the Xbox 360 this fall with a Halo live-action online video series: Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn.
The company released a teaser trailer this …
Sony announced tonight that it will acquire the streaming video-game service Gaikai for $380 million. The deal officially closed on June 30, and Sony is purchasing the California-based company as part of a move to disrupt the gaming business.
The …
YouTube popularity has brought success to certain games. A gaming-focused YouTube video with more than a million hits will unquestionably have an impact on sales of the featured title.
Take Minecraft, a vastly popular indie offering with an exponentially growing …
I just picked up a part-time job teaching game design to underserved youth in my neighborhood. The funny thing is, I’ve never really made a video game before, and I don't know how to program. What I do have, however, …
Well, it's not like wishing is going to do us any good. Nintendo told Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu that the bigger, and likely not much better, Nintendo 3DS XL will get its very own Circle Pad Pro accessory.
The Circle …
Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus was quiet for the past couple of months as Facebook went public and Zynga geared up for its big Unleashed event last week, where the massive social-game developer unveiled its latest social games. But afterward, …
Mobile is where the growth is in startups, venture capital portolios, and user activity, according to a post by Fred Wilson, the managing partner at venture capital firm Union Square Ventures and a frequent blogger.
But one of the problems …
Millions of kids (along with a healthy number of adults) want to make a living writing about video games. Dan Amrich wants to create more of them. Or at least give them solid advice on how to succeed at getting …
The Community Spotlight features some of the best unedited articles that didn't quite make the front page. This week's smaller collection features a wish list of characters for the upcoming comic-book brawler Injustice: Gods Among Us, a different take on …
Normally, the Scout wants nothing to do with the Spy during Team Fortress 2's chaotic scrambles for the intelligence within its Capture the Flag maps. That rather unflattering business with Scout's mother left a lasting grudge, after all. Of course, …
Did you know that one guy originally created Worms to enjoy with his friends at school? You can learn more about the humble origins of the hit strategy franchise by watching the video below.
At a recent event, Capcom unveiled gameplay footage of Monster Hunter 4 for the 3DS. The publisher also announced the game will hit Japanese store shelves in spring 2013.
Activision assures that everyone who pre-orders Call of Duty: Black Ops II will receive a redeemable code for the new version of the popular Black Ops map Nuketown.
Linda Arnold is like many other moms. She has three kids — 14-year-old twins David and Ryan, and a daughter, Grace, who is 11. That’s not all. This family is a video gaming family, playing and winning Pokémon video game …
GameStop is catering to "hybrid gamers" as it expands its offering of Android tablets with Google's Nexus 7.
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