Xbox Live down for some gamers on Xbox One and Xbox 360
Update on Friday, December 18: Xbox Live is down again for some. People are having troubles getting their Xbox One to function. Xbox Live is...
VR startup bets on bite-sized breaks from reality
When I think about the excitement around virtual reality, I sometimes imagine a large group of investors and designers leaping on a careening bandwagon...
Toca Blocks brings world-building to a new, younger audience
Toca Boca has a knack of making games that young children love. The independent studio has now racked up over 100 million mobile downloads — competing with...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kojima partners with Sony, Call of Duty tips for old-timers
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This week, Smash Bros. gets more new characters, we discussed how Amiibo manage to succeed and fail at...
Affordable Space Adventures puts Nintendo’s use (or non-use) of the Wii U GamePad to shame
The best Wii U game this year didn’t come from Nintendo. More than any other recent Wii U release — and maybe any since...
Unity’s top marketer says VR is being created in every corner of the world
Virtual reality is invigorating startup economies around the globe. Unity Technologies, the San Francisco-based maker of the Unity game engine, wants to fuel those...
2015’s best game gadgets: Xbox One Elite, Samsung Gear VR … and a PS4 wall mount
I’m still fairly new to the game gadgets beat here at VentureBeat, clocking in just at six months, but I’ve seen a surprising amount...
The DeanBeat: My favorite games of 2015
The time has come to name my favorite games of the year. I’ve put this day off as long as possible. I love the...
New Kingdom Hearts III and II.8 trailers coming tomorrow
Christmas is coming a little early for Kingdom Hearts fans. The franchise’s official Twitter account revealed that we’ll see new trailers for Kingdom Hearts...
Five Nights at Freddy’s has a tie-in novel, and it’s getting (mostly) good reviews
Some mobile games get coloring books, but not many have novels written about them. The scarily successful Five Nights at Freddy’s horror series —...