Google Earth now travels the world — and the seven seas
Google Earth is one of Google’s most intriguing projects. It’s a stand-alone program (not a web application) that shows our planet in 3D. But...
Independent Games, Bitmob, and Me
Editor’s note: Obviously, I have my bias. But I really do think that Bitmob promotes the same rough-and-tumble attitude that many indie developers do....
Wii is on track to outsell PlayStation 2, while PS 3 is on par with GameCube sales
Nintendo has gone from worst to first in consecutive console releases, with Sony doing exactly the opposite this generation. A closer look at collective...
Video game league Major League Gaming raises $7.5M
Professional video game league Major League Gaming has raised another $7.5 million, an addition to its second venture round from 2006. The new financing...
How the World of Goo became one of the indie video game hits of 2008
The growing popularity of the indie game, World of Goo earned it the No. 1 rank on Amazon’s top ten best-selling PC games recently, albeit temporarily, among...
Revolutionizing business markets with games
David Edery and Ethan Mollick are co-authors of Changing the Game: How Video Games Are Transforming the Future of Business, published in 2008 by...
The ten most-anticipated video games of 2009
With the new year approaching, there’s no time like the present to look ahead to what is shaping up to be another record-breaking year...
Introducing GamesBeat 2009, a conference about the future of the video game business
[Update: See our new GamesBeat 2009 Games Conference site here.] We’re pleased to announce that VentureBeat will hold its first annual games conference, called...
Atari president Phil Harrison on creativity and the future of video games
When he was president of Sony Worldwide Studios, Phil Harrison was focused on creating new gaming experiences like the karaoke-based SingStar franchise, the Hollywood...
Ball-it: The magic ball that wants to kill the Wii
Ball-it, a Finnish company that makes a little ball that remotely interacts with your computer, phone or TV screen, wants to challenge the Nintendo...