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Disruptor Beam Looks to be Master of Licensed IP

July 22, 2015

JULY 22, 2015 • During the last 20 years licensed brands have gotten a bad name with gamers going far back to gems such as Judge Dredd and Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi. Which makes the success of Massachusetts-based Disruptor Beam, Inc. all the more novel. This is a social game developer built up around the concept of leveraging major licensed brands well. Launched in 2010, the studio aimed high and secured the Game of T.....

Oculus VR Buys Hand Gesture Firm

July 17, 2015

JULY 17, 2015 • Startup Pebbles Interfaces, the gesture-based interface firm in Israel, has been purchased by Facebook Inc.’s Oculus VR. Financial terms were not disclosed, but the Wall Street Journal reported the purchase price was $60 million, while the Reuters news service.....

Falcon Northwest: Building the High-End Game PC

July 15, 2015

JULY 15, 2015 • For several years now DFC Intelligence has been examining the positive impact of core gamers on the game industry in general, and the PC game segment in particular. For the most part these core computer game consumers often invest in powerful updated components and hardware systems, with many of them building their own high-end PCs from.....

The Truth About E3

July 13, 2015

JULY 13, 2015 • The Electronic Entertainment Expo last month was a chance for the largest game companies to show off their big new guns. Even as the game industry grows into new markets and platforms, E3 is a reminder that the biggest products.....

Chicago Taxes the Cloud

July 2, 2015

JULY 2, 2015 • Like most major cities, Chicago has an amusement tax levied on concerts, movie exhibition and sporting events within city boundaries. In a first for the Unites States, according to .....

New PlayStation 4 Hardware Arriving

June 22, 2015

JUNE 22, 2015 • Less than a week following the close of E3, Sony Computer Ent. is now announcing several new PlayStation 4 hardware models. The first is a 1TB model slated for Europe and other PAL markets (CUH-1116B). This is otherwise the same hardware specification as the current 500G.....

Engaging With deltaDNA

June 15, 2015

JUNE 15, 2015 • While premium mobile games are still a successful model, the content usually played on smartphones is free-to-play. Not only do freemium titles incur the same high discovery costs as their premium brethren, but higher operating and support costs, as well. That has led to a surge of analytics firms who have stepped up to assist freemium developers learn more about how players interact with their games, and equipped with that better understanding, .....

Microsoft Confirms 1TB Xbox One

June 10, 2015December 15, 2022

June 10, 2015 • The Xbox One is officially receiving a new model with a 1TB storage drive. The updated console will arrive on June 16 for $399 in time for the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The only other change to existing Xbox One specifications disclosed is the addition of.....

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