First big Bitcoin acquisition: gambling site SatoshiDice bought for $11.5M
In another large milestone for the Bitcoin virtual currency, Bitcoin gambling service SatoshiDice has been acquired for $11.5 million by an unnamed buyer.
Final Fantasy VII not in Steam Summer Sale, gets 30% off elsewhere
Earlier this month, Final Fantasy VII fans everywhere rejoiced when the title appeared on Steam. If the initial $11.99 price tag didn't impress you, how about a nice 30% off discount?
Breach & Clear is ambitious, strategic, and shallow (review)
Breach & Clear aims to bring the console experience to mobile devices, but it's missing a few important pieces.
The 'Third Wave': What mobile gaming’s maturation means for publishing, discoverability, and boring games
The chief creative officer at Kiloo thinks it's a fantastic time to be developing mobile games.
A chat with Nick Pope, XCOM’s real-life UFO investigator (interview)
We speak with former UFO investigator British Government Nick Pope about the upcoming XCOM game.
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified plays great and looks even better, but is that enough? (hands-on preview)
Would this game exist if Enemy Unknown hadn't been successful?
Bitstrips bootstraps social comics on Facebook to 10M users and 50M unique cartoons
Zero to ten million users in less than seven months might just make social cartoon startup Bitstrips the hottest startup you've never heard of.
What the circus teaches us about game development
See how life under the big top prepared this former circus performer to run her own game studio.
Report: Apple considering $300M purchase of first-gen Microsoft Kinect gesture-sensor provider
An Apple delegation reportedly visited PrimeSense's Tel Aviv headquarters recently, as top engineers checked out the company's facilities and technology. Apple already has three research and development centers in Israel.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Ex-Windows boss takes over Xbox, Shigeru Miyamoto teases new project
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.