Wargaming will overhaul World of Tanks’ graphics in 2014
New models, textures, and effects will make the wide-scale destruction of World of Tanks a lot prettier.
Microsoft’s game studio chief Phil Spencer defends the Xbox One launch strategy
Phil Spencer says that Microsoft is learning and adapting as it fights the console war.
Crytek and DeNA partner to launch mobile action game The Collectables
The Collectables brings high-quality 3D visuals to iOS using Crytek's CryEngine development tool.
Adam Orth: Internet toxicity’s effect on the game industry is ‘very real and very dangerous’
SAN FRANCISCO — Adam Orth knows that he made a terrible mistake last April when he tweeted that he didn’t understand the controversy about always-online...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Game Developer’s Conference, Sony plans for virtual reality, and Minecraft makes more mulah
Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat.
Threeview: Thief reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic
While our staff and academic reviewer thought Thief was decent but had issues, our analyst took a much different position.
Assassin’s Creed: Unity takes the series to France on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC
Ubisoft worked for three years on this latest entry in the AssassIn's Creed franchise, which it won't sell for Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3.
Demand will make PlayStation 4 tough to find through summer, according to Sony
Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House says that regions like the U.S. and Europe have the highest demand and that the company won't fully restock store shelves until summer.
The DeanBeat: What meme had wings at the Game Developers Conference?
The Game Developers Conference ends today after a full week of lectures, demos, parties, and drunken strolls down the streets of San Francisco. I have attended many GDC events over the years, and I spent a lot of time at this one. I was surprised that so little of the event was about console games.
BioWare developer Manveer Heir challenges colleagues to combat prejudice with video games
Manveer Heir didn't only lay out problems with video game development in his GDC 2014 panel about mysogyny, racism, and homphobia, he laid out concrete solutions to solve them.