Disney spends millions to keep Club Penguin’s young audience safe
Disney will be spending £3 million on an Internet safety campaign for Club Penguin, an online game designed for young audiences.
GameFounders now nurturing games in Europe with an accelerator
Europe is getting its own “game accelerator” entity with today’s launch of GameFounders. The organization is based in Estonia and it provides advice, a...
On the move: Mobile gamers now outnumber PC players in China
The number of mobile gamers in China is expected to hit 192 million by the end of this year, according to market researcher Niko...
Free-to-play pioneer K2 Network merges with Reloaded Games (exclusive interview)
Reloaded Games Inc., an online games company which develops and powers leading free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, today announced it has completed a round of financing and is finalizing a full merger with pioneering MMO publisher K2 Network Inc.
Report: $99 Android-based game console Ouya on the way
A $99 console that runs on Android, connects to your TV, and features free-to-play games? Apparently, it's a real thing.
And the grenade’s red glare: Call of Duty downloadable content is half off
In celebration of Independence Day, publisher Activision halves the price of all downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops for one week. Cue the slowly waving American flag.
Buffy Summers, eat your heart out: Juliet may be our generation’s Slayer
They’re blonde, beautiful, and hang out with the undead more than the living. But how similar are Lollipop Chainsaw’s Juliet Starling and TV’s Buffy Summers, and does one deserve the title of Slayer more than the other? Voice actress Tara Strong, Buffy enthusiast Lily Rothman, and writer James Gunn have the answers.
Meet our all-star GamesBeat 2012 moderators
We’re pleased to announce the all-star moderators for our annual GamesBeat 2012 conference next week, July 10-11 in San Francisco. Here’s the list in order of...
‘Give us something BIG!’: 10 of the best live-action video game trailers
For better or worse, it seems like big-budget live-action trailers for video games are here to stay. It's just as well that some publishers are doing them right, as seen in these 10 impressive examples.
Gaming icons enshrined in stained glass (gallery)
The gallery inside features the likes of Mario, Halo's Master Chief, Half-Life's Gordon Freeman, and other classic characters from some of the most popular games.