Game designer crosses over from making Halo games to Zynga’s social games — he’s never going back (interview)
Jim Veevaert has crossed over from making games like Halo 3 to Zynga's social games like Ruby Blast. He says he's never going back.
10 things we can expect to find on Mars
If we Earthlings have learned anything from movies, video games, and comic books, we may not want to find anything....
A kid’s-eye view of the Little Big Planet Karting beta
Spinning, zooming, creating, zapping and slapping: all in a day's beta with Little Big Planet Karting.
Annoy your friends and impress no one: Cheats for casual games
Here are seven (lame) ways that people cut corners in the most low-pressure games in existence.
Puzzler: Guess the games from these intro-cinematic stills
How many games can you identify by looking at single screenshots from their opening cinematics?
Phosphor and Zynga throw up the Horn with upcoming action mobile game (trailer)
The new trailer for Horn, Phosphor and Zynga's upcoming mobile action game.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: MMO troubles, virtual reality, gaming, and slow Vita sales
Missed the latest news on GamesBeat? Here's a list of the stories we ran over the past week.
Is the Wii U really a next-gen game console?
The industry has commonly referred to Nintendo's upcoming Wii U as the first of the next-generation consoles; however, this moniker is up for much...
Papo & Yo and 10 other games that feature graffiti
Papo & Yo isn't the first game to feature graffiti, but its style and influences are uniquely Latin American.
Gamers at Work reveals the risks and emotional complications in entrepreneurship (interview)
Gamers at Work is a collection of interviews with some of the game industry's most iconic founders, developers, and entrepreneurs. It's also a handy guide for aspiring business people hoping to break into games.