E3 trendspotting: Game publishers turning more to girl gamers
LOS ANGELES—With the influx of fresh new gamers, thanks in large part to the popularity of mass-market game machines, the DS and the Wii,...
Aurora Feint: A great iPhone game — and it’s free.
While it’s hardly a surprise that games are popular in Apple’s new App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch, it is surprising how...
The top 10 sleeper video games of E3
The big video games of the E3 Media and Business Summit have been blasted across magazine covers and websites for the past few months,...
E3 coverage: “Fallout 3” Executive Producer Todd Howard on Sequels and Franchises
“Fallout 3” by Bethesda Softworks was the first game Microsoft showed off at its Xbox 360 press conference today and the top pick in...
Interview: Gameloft gung ho about iPhone gaming
PARIS—The largest mobile game publisher in the world, Gameloft, has a line-up of six games ready for today’s launch of Apple’s new App Store,...
Electronic Arts expands its casual game line-up
Electronic Arts is going after the casual consumer on multiple fronts. It offers Pogo.com online and EA Mobile for cell phone users (which will...
Disney shows off E3 titles that will earn it some gamer cred
LOS ANGELES–Disney Interactive Studios previewed what it said was the best of its E3 video game trade show line-up last week, as part of...
Q&A: THQ will use wrestling license business model for Ultimate Fighting Championship games
LAS VEGAS–THQ made a big splash at The Palms Casino Resort this past weekend, inviting about 100 sports, video game and mixed martial arts...
LucasArts tees up new Star Wars titles, addresses layoffs
[Editor’s note: This post introduces a new VentureBeat contributing writer, John Gaudiosi, who has over a decade covering the video game industry for a...
Roundup: Sony opens to online advertisers, Electronic Arts confirms Rupture acquisition and more
Here’s the latest action: Sony opens to in-game ads — The company is about to announce support for ads in the PlayStation 3 video...