Angry Birds Space launches amid planet-wide marketing blitz
Angry Birds Space launched today amid some of the largest marketing hoopla ever for a mobile game. The title from Finland’s Rovio Entertainment is...
The next Ghost Recon has great team play, but graphics need work (preview)
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier is Ubisoft’s big release this year in the third-person shooter market. The video game is one of the...
The Art of Video Games on display at the Smithsonian
People have been discussing whether video games are art for a long time. Are games merely entertainment, a diversion? Or are they an artistic...
Wargaming.net lead designer expects massive aerial clashes in World of Warplanes (interview)
Wargaming.net has earned its stripes in PC gaming. Known for the Massive Assault series, Order of War and other titles, the PC development has...
Nvidia reclaims title of world’s fastest graphics chip with Kepler launch
With the debut of its code-named Kepler project, Nvidia is retaking the crown today as the creator of the world’s fastest graphics chip. Most...
After 35 draws, OMGPOP finally got it right (interview)
Zynga acquired OMGPOP today for a reported $200 million. It was a clear statement that, as powerful as each of these companies are on...
Free-to-play games catching MMO subscribers’ attention (and wallets)
The successful launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic notwithstanding, the business model of mandatory subscriptions for massively multiplayer online (MMO) games seems to...
GamesBeat Giveaways: 100 beta codes for TERA (PC)
GamesBeat is proud to announce that we’ve secured 100 beta codes for TERA, the upcoming MMO from En Masse Entertainment. Rivaling the visuals and...
GamesBeat Giveaways: Sine Mora (XBLA)
Grasshopper Manafacture’s 2.5D bullet hell shooter was released on Xbox Live Arcade today, and GamesBeat is giving way five codes so you can check...
OMGPOP chief revenue officer talks turkey on numbers and scaling [exclusive video]
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8ZQtx1BsU&w=640&h=360] At South By Southwest Interactive, we got to sit down for an interview with OMGPOP chief revenue officer Wilson Kriegel. We talked...