King.com 
might have conquered the world with its addictive app Candy Crush Saga, but when it comes to Wall Street, the company’s looking more like a court jester.
Shares of the developer began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday morning following weeks of anticipation, but they quickly nosedived.
Last 
week, Oculus VR was one of the most loved companies in the gaming world. Today, it’s in damage control mode.
Facebook’s $2 billion acquisition of the virtual reality headset company shocked gamers and game makers alike, who worry that the new owners will lessen the impact Oculus has on the videogame industry.
Forget 
March Madness — another tournament is underway, and it just had a huge upset.
After earning the dubious title of “Worst Company in America” from readers of The Consumerist for the past two years in a row, the publisher was knocked out in the first round of voting.
Oculus, 
the leader in the new wave of virtual reality headsets, has been purchased by social media giant Facebook.
The $2 billion deal, which is broken into $400 million in cash and $1.6 billion worth of Facebook stock, represents a seismic shift in the gaming space, as the upcoming Oculus Rift has been widely viewed as one of gaming’s most exciting upcoming technologies.
The 
smart home has come a long way since the Clapper.
While many home-automation products are still nothing but talk, this past year has seen a number of viable smart-home devices hit the market—focusing more on practical applications and affordability than in previous years. The technological advances in smart-home devices on display at the January CES in Las Vegas show that the industry is moving out of its infancy—and quickly toward its promise of creating a house that can anticipate the needs of its occupants, saving energy and money at the same time.
Here are a few smart-home devices to watch if you’re interested in raising your home’s IQ.
Microsoft 
may not want to lower the price of the Xbox One just yet, but that’s not stopping some of the world’s biggest retailers from doing it anyway.
Walmart, Best Buy and Amazon have all cut the cost of the Xbox One Titanfall bundle from $500 to $450, putting the system within reach of Sony’s $400 PlayStation 4.
Every 
industry has its critics, but few are quite as vocal as an enraged video gamer whose game has just inexplicably stopped working—especially when a new console or game is involved.
With consumer expectations set high, and the demand for instant gratification pressing, irritating problems—like new games going on the fritz, or screens blacking out—can be magnified, and consumers’ tempers can be short. Customer service wait times can feel epic, and some problems never seem to get fixed.
Add the echo chamber of social media, and one can get the impression that video game companies are uniquely bad when it comes to customer service. But is that true?
It’s 
not unusual for gamers who embark on a marathon gaming binge to make sure they’re well stocked with caffeinated beverages. But a 14-year old Norwegian boy has a warning: Be careful how much you consume.
Henrik Eide Dahl was hospitalized with severe kidney failure after a 16-hour marathon gaming session during which he consumed an eye-popping eight liters of energy drinks to battle fatigue. That’s over two gallons of the high sugar, high caffeine beverages.
As 
the video game industry says goodbye to one generation of hardware, it’s also saying goodbye to a number of high-profile names.
In the past several weeks, well-known, high-ranking executives at Microsoft’s Xbox division and Sony’s PlayStation unit—as well as other less familiar names—have announced their departure, and some analysts say these could reflect broader shifts in the industry.
There’s 
an upside to fighting off Clickers in a post-apocalyptic world. You win a LOT of awards.
The Last of Us, Naughty Dog’s critically-adored survival game, captured top honors at the Game Developers Choice Awards Wednesday night, winning the Game of the Year award along with a pair of other trophies for Best Design and Best Narrative.
Chris Morris: Journalist 