Above: Hulk smashes.
Image Credit: Disney
Thanks to the Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare leak, we’re having a busy day here at GamesBeat. Of course, most of the days are busy. Just look at our week’s worth of coverage below.
You’ll find out everything we know about the newest Call of Duty, see how Marvel’s coming to Disney Infinity, and learn about Microsoft’s new Xbox Entertainment Studios.
Happy reading, and have a good weekend!
Opions and pieces of flair
The DeanBeat: Walking the line with unpopular video game causes
Developer challenges my mom to review Escape Goat 2
10 bizarre — and real — video-game patents
Four legends from gaming’s past
Forget Marvel: Disney Infinity needs more Disney
A new way to see: Why Oculus Rift and Google Glass are on a collision course
A beginner’s guide to the history between Nosgoth and Legacy of Kain
Comparing digital card games: Hearthstone vs. Magic 2014 vs. SolForge
Puzzler: Guess the celebrity voices behind these game characters
Above: Bowser shows off his blue boomerang, an item new to Mario Kart 8.
Image Credit: Nintendo
News
Eve Online developer is working on Dust 514 shooter follow-up for PC
Does the next Call of Duty story have the juice to produce $1B in sales?
Updated: Activision acknowledges leaks with unveiling of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
The next Call of Duty is teased for May 4 revelation
DayZ’s standalone sales surpass 2 million even though it’s ‘only’ an Early Access game
Wonder Woman’s war comes to Gotham: DC Universe Online kicks off Amazon Fury expansion trilogy
Doom co-creator John Carmack under fire for allegedly taking ‘proprietary technology’ to Facebook’s Oculus VR
Trion Worlds takes Defiance into the brave new virtual world of free-to-play
18 year olds are making $10K a month from user-generated games in Roblox
Can a two-person team create this beautiful 3D title on the PlayStation 4?
Sony shows more indie love with more than 100 games coming to the PS4 and Vita
A toy story: Disney Infinity is making more money than Skylanders
Ouya finally getting triple-A games — thanks to the cloud
Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes is due out later this year as its own starter pack
Mario Kart 8 makes YouTube-sharing history for Nintendo — and you get a free game if you buy it
‘Hunger Games’ film studio Lionsgate moves into the game business
Microsoft and BesTV to launch Xbox One in China this September
Sony makes the PlayStation 4 more social with latest system update
Gaming advocacy group: The average gamer is 31, and most play on a console
League of Legends, World of Tanks help PC spending surpass console gaming worldwide, proclaims analyst
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is out for Xbox One today despite reports it would skip Microsoft’s console
Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm online strategy game will make landfall in Southeast Asia
Nintendo plans Smash Bros. tournament, livestream coverage, and ‘digital event’ for E3 trade show
The Peopleless console? TowerFall sells a meager 7,000 copies on Ouya but hits stride on PS4
Japanese media firm Kadokawa acquires Dark Souls developer From Software
Titan killer? Bungie hopes its new trailer for Destiny will hook first-person shooter fans
See how Microsoft is going Hollywood with Xbox Entertainment Studios
Microsoft goes Hollywood as it unveils Xbox Originals television programs for Xbox Live
Microsoft is taking Halo beyond gaming with two television projects
Mobile and social
App Store downloads hit a record high in March, but marketing costs dipped
Glu Mobile agrees to acquire Diner Dash developer PlayFirst
Mobile gameplay-recording startup Kamcord presses play on $7.1M funding round
Candy Crush Saga helps King account for a quarter of all time spent gaming on Android
Heyzap finds a profitable business in showing targeted advertising to mobile social gamers
Don’t Tap the White Tile is just the latest hit to prove no one really understands mobile gaming
Supercell, GungHo, King dominate March mobile game revenue. What else is new? (Lots)
Marvel Puzzle Quest’s road to the mythical $1 ARPDAU, Part 7: Event Analytics
Zynga cofounder readies launch of Greedy Goblins from new mobile game studio
Racing games outrun casual in Android mobile ad revenue in Q1
Mobile apps could hit $70B in revenues by 2017
Titanfall creator invests in mobile-gaming startup Nuclear Division (exclusive)
Cut the Rope’s new partner reinforces the power of chat apps in Asia’s mobile-gaming market
We’re getting Angry Birds fatigue — and it shows in studio’s falling profits
Swrve is marketing automation for in-app monetization — 75 billion mobile actions a month
Israel’s Nextpeer adds 1.5M users a day to its Android multiplayer mobile-gaming network
Above: Google Glass vs. Oculus Rift.
Image Credit: Norman Chan/Tested
Previews and interviews
Disney and Marvel talk about Disney Infinity 2.0, toy designs, and the Hulk’s awesomeness
The weapons and gadgets of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Virtual reality: Sony’s refreshingly honest thoughts on Oculus Rift, not needing triple-A, and similarities to the Wii U (exclusive)
Card Hunter’s first expansion: League play, more loot, and the terror of the Sharkbear (interview)
Reviews and impressions
Blizzard’s Heroes of the Storm is checkers to League of Legends’, Dota 2′s chess
Daylight delivers just as many frustrations as scares (review)
Mario Golf: World Tour is a great physics puzzler with a campaign that may disappoint fans (review)
Kirby: Triple Deluxe sets a new standard for 2D platformers on the 3DS (review)
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