Angry Birds use Seattle’s Space Needle to blast into orbit
Angry Birds Space debuted this week amid some unusual marketing efforts. In Seattle, Rovio Entertainment and T-Mobile USA took over the Space Needle by...
Disney’s Epic Mickey 2 will be a musical (seriously)
Disney Interactive Studios and game designer Warren Spector have revealed a sequel to 2010’s Wii-exclusive Epic Mickey. Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two...
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...
The DeanBeat: Video games can be about love, not just violence
For decades, the dominant theme in video games has been violence. That’s not surprising, since violent competitions have been dominant in culture for thousands...
Rovio CEO: Actually, Angry Birds Space will come to Windows Phone (updated)
Update: Apparently Rovio’s execs do not communicate with each other. Rovio CEO Mikael Hed just told Reuters that his company is working on Angry...
Are casino games hot? Mobile Deluxe thinks so (exclusive)
Mobile Deluxe is launching its Big Win Blackjack game today on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. In any other time, that wouldn’t be...
With 6,000 followers, Zipline launches Moai game-dev platform
Zipline Games has attracted 6,000 game developers to its Moai game development platform. And now it’s formally launching version 1.0. During the past year...
A player’s open letter to BioWare
Dear BioWare, You’ve had a tough couple of weeks. It’s understandable. For the most part, you're used to receiving critical acclaim for all you...
Darksiders II is a competent blend of Prince of Persia, Devil May Cry, and Castlevania (preview)
Even before the cliffhanger ending of the original, we all knew a Darksiders II was coming. But developer Vigil Games pulled a fast one...
The Angry Birds Space experience: The gameplay is pretty clever
For the fans who have waited a long time for this sequel, Angry Birds Space won’t be a disappointment. The wacky new game launched...