OMGPOP chief exec Dan Porter’s job goes pop
Almost exactly a year after Zynga bought one-hit wonder OMGPOP for a cool $200 million, OMGPOP chief executive Dan Porter has been replaced by Zynga VP Sean Kelly.
Wikipad quick hands-on impressions: Functional but crappy
We barely got our hands wrapped around this bulky tablet/controller hybrid, and we're not impressed.
Divekick’s developers want to bring bizarre two-button controller to market
The two-move fighting game has a special two-move controller, but the developers are working to put it in consumers' hands.
Modern games re-imagined as Atari 2600 cartridges (gallery)
This beautiful Atari 2600 cartridge mock-ups make us wonder: What would the world be like if the 2600 was the only home console we ever needed?
Here’s a chart of every choice in The Walking Dead: Season 1 (image)
If you're curious about the paths that you didn't take in The Walking Dead, but not enough to play the game again, we have you covered.
What developers doodle/write when they’re bored (gallery)
When developers have to wait more than two hours to see the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset, they need a way to release their (creative) energy. Oculus VR gave them one.
Two kids made my favorite game at GDC: Concerned Joe
The biggest and best surprise at GDC 2013 is an evil, cruel, and superpolished side-scroller made by two guys who aren't even old enough to drink ... and who just met face-to-face for the first time.
3 things the mobile industry can learn about advertising from gaming
Mobile gaming apps have been quietly reinventing mobile advertising and out-monetizing even the large, well-established publishers. Here are a few things the mobile games companies have worked out along the way.
Intel in talks to acquire gesture control firm Omek Interactive (exclusive)
The race to buy a startup illustrates the hype and hopes for gesture-based technology.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GDC 2013, BioShock Infinite, Battlefield 4, and women in games
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.