Why you shouldn’t trust early Metacritic scores
I need to begin this week's column with a little inside baseball. Sometimes public relations or marketing firms for video-game publishers impose embargoes on...
Heyzap lets users “check-in” to Android games
Shifting to the hot mobile market, social game platform firm Heyzap is launching a “check in” network for Android games. With the network, users...
Angry Birds’ Vesterbacka: Tablets are killing console games (video)
Frequent VentureBeat readers already know that Peter Vesterbacka, who leads business development at the company behind mobile gaming hit Angry Birds, thinks that mobile...
Quirkat to develop games for the Middle East market
The Middle East has been pretty much off the map when it comes to making video games. But a small Dubai-based start-up called Quirkat...
News Blips: David Jaffe jabs at acclaim for artistic games, Call of Duty director on No Russian, Angry Birds creator thinks consoles are dying, and more
Another day, another head-turning rant from David Jaffe. This industry never ceases to amaze me. News Blips: Twisted Metal designer David Jaffe directs harsh...
Video Blips: Brink, Total War: Shogun 2, Yakuza 4, and more
If Brink's dystopian setting becomes a reality, someone remind me to petition to change the name of The Ark into something less cliché. Video...
A review paradox: When franchises become genres
What constitutes a good review: a piece that describes feelings or one that simply critiques quality? Should a writer evaluate a work on its...
After the Sendai earthquake: Reflections on docu-games
March 11th, 2011 is a date that will stick in the minds of many people — myself included — for quite some time. When...
Doodle Jump scores 10 million mobile downloads for two brothers
Doodle Jump, an enormously popular game on the iPhone built by two brothers in New York, has been downloaded more than 10 million times...
Rovi offers a way to capture game sessions and brag to the world
When a gamer brags about beating an opponent, there’s nothing like hard evidence. The “confirmed kill” mentality among gamers is one reason why Rovi...