Game developer salaries are flat despite rise of new platforms
Game developer salaries in the U.S. were virtually flat in 2011 even though the industry has seen a rise of new platforms in social,...
Developer starts Kickstarter campaign to fund Leisure Suit Larry game (exclusive)
Replay Games has started a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise $500,000 for the development of the company’s Leisure Suit Larry game. “We want to...
Romantic social network Zoosk encourages lovebirds to stick around with Couple Profiles
Zoosk, an online dating site with the features of a social network, launched Couple Profiles today.
Conventional wisdom would suggest that anyone who discovers the love of their life using an online dating service would then no longer have any use for said service. Romantic social network Zoosk is hoping to change that with new Couple Profiles, launching today.
A sick April Fools message from Batman: Arkham City’s Calendar Man
If you had any conversations with the imprisoned villain Calendar Man in last year's action-adventure hit Batman: Arkham City, you know that he hints at a few special dates...one of them being today, April 1. If you visit him today in the basement of the Solomon Wayne Courthouse (in the northwest corner of the city), he'll have this special message for you:
Xenoblade Chronicles redeems the Xeno name (review)
Thousands of fans rallied for Xenoblade Chronicles' Western localization. Now that the game has arrived, was it all worth it?
Roundup of the tech and game-related April Fool’s gags
Here’s a roundup of the tech or game-related April Fools jokes of the day. Did any of these trick you? Conan O’Brien buys Mashable and...
Rovio to launch Angry Birds cartoon series this fall
Rovio is betting that it will be a long time before Angry Birds runs out of steam. This fall, the Finnish company will launch...
Nintendo and Hasbro unveil “Super Smash Bronies” game (exclusive)
This month’s Game Informer cover (scanned in and sent to GamesBeat by a reader) is for Nintendo and Hasbro’s oft-rumored crossover spectacular, Super Smash...
OMGPOP CEO responds to criticisim of his tweets about former employee
CEO Dan Porter responds to critics who have called his remarks about his former employee petty. "It wasn't about Shay. It was about the 41 other people that made it happen." Porter also explains his "hoodie" tweet that seemed to capitalize on the Trayvon Martin tragedy.
Gabriel Leydon foresees the “true dominance” of mobile games coming (interview)
Addmired Chief Executive Gabriel Leydon is a true believer in the mobile space. With more than a billion users of his games, Leydon sees big opportunity....