What’s your favorite first-person shooter? (game giveaway)
GamesBeat has procured some codes for the Xbox Live Arcade shooter Nexuiz, and we’re giving them away. The recently released FPS is a throwback...
Star Wars: The Old Republic goes free-to-play this weekend only
BioWare has announced Star Wars: The Old Republic will be free-to-play from March 15 to March 19. The popular massively multiplayer game’s “Weekend Pass...
Brian Fargo begins raising $900K for Wasteland 2 on Kickstarter
Brian Fargo, chief executive of InXile Entertainment and a veteran game-maker, is following through with plans to raise money for Wasteland 2 on Kickstarter....
Civilization V: Gods and Kings lets you wage holy wars (preview)
<When the Firaxis guys create an expansion, they go the whole nine yards. The upcoming Sid Meier's Civilization V: Gods & Kings expansion has...
Major League Gaming raises $13M for live game tournaments
Major League Gaming has raised $13 million for its business of running video game tournaments played through the web and at live events. The...
Former Sony game design chief Phil Harrison joins Microsoft
Phil Harrison, most recently a venture capitalist and former game design chief at Sony, is joining Microsoft Game Studios Europe as its chief. Harrison,...
Star Wars: The Old Republic was built to thrive in a WoW world
The first step in creating a massively multiplayer online (MMO) game in today’s market is to start with the world’s most popular intellectual property:...
Hands-on with Battlefield 3: Close Quarters expansion (preview)
Electronic Arts recently announced that we’ll see three new expansions for Battlefield 3 this year. We got a close look at a multiplayer level in...
EA’s Patrick Soderlund sounds off on Medal of Honor and Battlefield games
As the head of the EA Games label, Patrick Soderlund (pictured) oversees Electronic Arts’ Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Dead Space, and...
Tap.me raises $3.2M for in-game mobile ad network
Tap.me, a mobile ad network focused on monetizing games, has raised $3.2 million in funding. Chicago’s Hyde Park Venture Partners, an early-stage venture fund,...