Oslo’s City Hall plays Super Mario and Minecraft tunes on the hour
Residents of Norway’s capital city get an interesting hourly reminder. The City Hall bells in Oslo are now playing the Super Mario Theme at...
Kamcord, YouTube, and Twitch(?) — how to livestream smartphone and tablet games
It’s 2016, which means it’s time to build your personal brand. And if you have a newer smartphone or tablet, you can get started...
I gazed long into Tap My Katamari, and Tap My Katamari gazed long into me: a review of myself
I don’t know what you want when you play video games, but I bet it’s probably not a feeling of existential dread. If that’s...
Fallout 4’s Brotherhood of Steel leader was in Fallout 3
The Brotherhood of Steel’s latest boss didn’t come out of nowhere. He has his roots in another Bethesda game. Elder Arthur Maxson, the young...
The best Final Fantasy is coming to Steam in the West
Look out, everyone! Opinions mixed with news incoming! Earlier this week, we found out that Final Fantasy IX — the best Final Fantasy —...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Oculus Rift gets priced (and pricey) and PS4 dominated the holidays
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, everyone’s freaking out about the Oculus Rift’s $600 price, Candy Crush gets some jelly, and Activision...
Marvel Heroes publisher Gazillion loses chief exec David Brevik
After more than two years as CEO and 6.5 years at the company, game creator David Brevik has resigned from online game publisher Gazillion...
Adding gaming to the classroom boosts concentration, study finds
Children in the U.K. could soon be playing a lot more games at school. A new study has found that turning learning into a computer...
Alienware gamer PC bundled with Oculus will cost $1,600
Alienware will “invest” in making virtual reality a hit when it launches on the PC later this year by bundling the Oculus Rift with...
Google’s Project Tango will enable cool augmented reality games (hands-on demo)
Larry Yang, a former member of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 hardware team, gave me a demo recently over at his new job at Google. Yang...