Indie devs: Quality content trumps following trends, free-to-play ‘is kind of a slum’
Indie devs trumpet the importance of quality content, ridicule free-to-play gaming.
CBS Films details Deus Ex: Human Revolution adaptation
CBS Films adapts the popular cyberpunk role-playing game into film in conjunction with developer Eidos-Montreal and publisher Square Enix. Producers Adrian Askarieh and Roy Lee sign on to the project.
Legendary game exec Bing Gordon on epic poems, the golden age of gaming, and Xbox as a platform
Former Electronic Arts exec and current Kleiner Perkins partner Bing Gordon was on-stage at MobileBeat 2012 today in San Francisco. After opening unconventionally with...
Game pioneer Will Wright wants to make games ‘as personal as our dreams’
GamesBeat 2012: In Will Wright's vision of the future, the player is the game.
Gaming investors say the iPad will be this generation’s console
Anticipating an explosion in mobile gaming in the next five years, investors say they are placing bets on what they see as the underserved...
Zynga’s Mark Pincus says focus more on content, less on investing in platforms
One of the major issues with the mobile ecosystem today is that developers are still separated from the app store, insists Zynga founder Mark Pincus....
Penny Arcade starts a Kickstarter to go ad-free
Successful video game web comic Penny Arcade wants to return to the days where they did not rely on ad revenue to run its website by calling on fans to donate to a Kickstarter campaign. If the company can raise at least 1 million, Penny Arcade will go entirely add-free.
Indie game developers weigh in on Valve’s Steam Greenlight
Some indie developers say Valve's new community-focused service is a great opportunity, but potential abuse of the system is a concern.
OMG, exercise games aren’t a miraculous cure-all?!
Over the past week, several major media outlets have reported on a recent study in which researchers took a close look at the way...
Green Man Gaming merges with gaming social network Playfire
Online gaming retailer Green Man Gaming merges with Playfire, a social network for gamers offering similar services such as Xfire and Raptr.