Reviews Spotlight: Dead Space 2, Magicka, Metal Gear, and more
At this point, most of you are probably planning for tomorrow's Valentine's date. I sincerely wish you luck. As for the rest of our...
Baba Yetu from Civilization 4 nets first Grammy for a video game song
A song written for a video game has won one of music’s top awards, the Grammy, for the first time in history. Baba Yetu,...
On the need for customization
I've always loved it when games offer customization. Having the option to personalize things like your character's appearance boosts my opinion of nearly any...
Measuring the required amount of industry know-how
I'm going to let you in on a secret: My life doesn't completely revolve around video games. In fact, the majority of my time...
Week in review: Bing wrests share from Google
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Microsoft’s Bing...
How Uncharted 2 got gameplay right (and how Uncharted 1 got it wrong)
Having recently gotten my hands on a PlayStation 3, I immediately sought out the much-trumpeted Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I also procured a copy of Uncharted:...
Quality content matters: Why restricting press passes to E3 2011 is a good thing
Many consider E3 to be the Mecca for gaming, and the annual trip to Los Angeles is the Hajj. That’s not quite hyperbole when...
How “Star Wars: The Old Republic” will reenergize multiplayer gaming (video)
With 12 million paying subscribers, World of WarCraft is the juggernaut of the massively multiplayer online game business. But Star Wars: The Old Republic...
Bing Gordon’s love poem to the game industry, and to me (video and poem text)
Bing Gordon accepted one of the video game industry’s highest honors last night: He became the latest recipient of a lifetime achievement award from...
New and exciting ways to play Passage!
Maybe you remember Passage, the indie game sensation from 2007 that provided a touching meditation on life, death, and marriage using limited graphics and...