This $1.4B online gambling deal creates a new real-money gaming titan: 888 Holdings
Real-money online gambling is consolidating, and that could have an impact on social casino games.
Destiny’s exotic-weapon merchant Xur won’t have an exotic weapon this weekend
Every Friday in Bungie’s sci-fi shooter Destiny, a merchant named Xur appears in its central tower. This is a big deal for Destiny diehards, because he always brings an exotic weapon with him. Well, except for this week.
Read+Watch+Listen: Bonus material for Arkham Knight fans
Jekyll & Hyde: The Musical -- yes, a musical! -- is something fans of The Dark Knight's latest gaming adventure should check out.
Pac-Man Bounce is Bandai Namco’s latest attempt to resurrect an old franchise on mobile
Pac-Man Bounce is a puzzle game rather than a twitch-style arcade experience.
Microsoft’s latest iPhone game (yes, iPhone) is Age of Empires: Castle Siege
Age of Empires comes to iOS with cross-platform play.
The Flock designer discusses decision to shut game down after a set number of player kills
The Flock will cease to exist after so many player kills. We get the designer's perspective on this ballsy move.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Remembering Iwata, Angry Birds 2, and comparing MOBAs
Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat.
The DeanBeat: Fallout Shelter is a rare free-to-play hardcore mobile gaming hit
The game has been a big hit with Fallout fans, but its designers could learn a lot from mobile experts.
This Hearthstone deck stops your opponent from taking their turn
Hearthstone players have finally found a use for Nozdormu the impatient dragon.
Online gambling firm 888 clinches deal to buy Bwin.party for $1.4B
Online gambling firm 888 said it would buy peer Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at about 898 million pounds ($1.40 billion).