08 Nov
Disney Interactive has revealed a year-over-year revenue increase of 107 percent in its Q4 2013 financial results thanks largely to the success of Disney Infinity. Walt Disney chairman and CEO Robert Iger revealed that Infinity has sold over 1 million of its $75 starter packs across all platforms. Disney Interactive brought in $396 million for […]
07 Nov
Citing anonymous sources, Reuters reports that Microsoft has narrowed down its list of candidates to replace departing CEO Steve Ballmer to around five. The external candidates include Ford CEO Alan Mulally and former Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. Internal candidates Microsoft is considering includes former Skype CEO Tony Bates and EVP of cloud and enterprise Satya […]
07 Nov
World of Tanks developer Wargaming.net is opening a new studio in Seattle, which will develop mobile games. The new studio is currently unnamed, but it will be headed by Z2 co-founder David Bluhm. “We think mobile games is still a relatively new space with massive upside,” Bluhm told GamesBeat, in part. “Mobile is ripe for […]
06 Nov
Soren Johnson, lead designer on Sid Meier’s Civilization 4, has formed a new indie studio called Mohawk Games. Johnson will serve as CEO of the studio, and Stardock president and CEO Brad Wardell will serve as president. “Mohawk puts gameplay first,” Johnson said, in part. “Our goal is to make games that will be played […]