If Portal’s Chell had a dating site profile
The female hero from Portal is looking for love on our made-up dating site for gaming characters, Extra Hearts.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dragon Age III, Borderlands 2, and the BioWare doctors retire
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
The gamification brain trust: 6 experts on why game elements are critical in our work and social lives
Six gamification experts tell us what they think about how to properly motivate people through game-like activities.
Five predictions on where gamification is going next
Predictions from gamification experts on where it will go next.
The DeanBeat: The BioWare doctors built games the nice way
The BioWare doctors knew that it wasn't about winning or losing the game. It was about how you behaved along the way.
Island Officials personifies the Philadelphia indie-game scene (video interview)
When returning home for the summer, the last thing I expected to find was a local indie game studio just waiting to be profiled....
Kickstarter lays down the law: ‘We’re not a store’
With a few changes to the rules, Kickstarter hopes to remind creators and backers exactly what makes the website special.
Borderlands 2 dev on creating the canonical sequel to James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’ (exclusive)
How do you follow up a game like Borderlands 2? With the canonical sequel to one of the most beloved sci-fi movies of all-time, of course.
EA draws fire for consulting SEAL who wrote tell-all about killing Bin Laden [updated]
The author of No Easy Day, a former Navy SEAL who was a member of the team that took out Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden, contributed to the production of Medal of Honor: Warfighter. That's caused extra scrutiny of the game's realism.
This year’s Halo/Call of Duty killer: Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (interview)
Forget all the overhyped shooters and big-name repetitive grindfests, this series is just about fun. Remember fun?