Gameloft to post an 18 percent sales gain for Q4 as smartphone games take off
Gameloft is expecting to report fourth quarter sales of €47.0 million, or $61.9 million, up 18 percent from a year ago, thanks to strong...
Sony appoints Kaz Hirai to replace Howard Stringer as CEO
Sony has officially appointed Kazuo Hirai as its new president and chief executive effective April 1. As expected, Hirai replaces Howard Stringer, who will...
Online Warmongers’ founder on building a balanced free-to-play shooter (interview)
Online Warmongers is a company looking to bring the production values and quality of a traditional retail game to a free-to-play shooter. Over a...
Richard “Lord British” Garriott in space: “I might just sit up in my window in orbit and write the next game” (interview)
Richard Garriott is best known as Lord British, the designer of video games that have been enjoyed by tens of millions of people over...
100 year old gamer uses Nintendo DS to keep her mind active
Nintendo has certainly broadened the demographic of the gaming community in recent years, as demonstrated by 100 year old gamer Kathleen ‘Kit’ Connell. Kit...
News Blips: Dragon’s Dogma dated, Angry Birds dev shrugs at piracy, and Final Fantasy 13-2 DLC
It's not often a game's marketability entails the description "fight a giant gryphon that's on fire," but it damn well reinforces my love for...
Video Blips: Mass Effect 3, Hybrid, Crusader Kings 2, and more
Some of these behind-the-scenes videos should tone down the exclusion a bit. Sure, showcasing the marquee talent always works, but where's the exposure for...
Tips and Tricks: The Final Fantasy XIII-2 game guide
Welcome to GamesBeat’s Final Fantasy XIII-2 game guide. Here you’ll find some clarification on the Crystarium and Historia Crux systems, as well as specific...
Classic online game EverQuest celebrates 13th birthday with switch to free to play business model
Boy, they grow up so fast: March 16 will mark the 13th birthday of Sony Online Entertainment‘s (SOE) massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORG)...
Cost of mobile user acquisition hits all-time high in December
The cost of getting new users to try out mobile apps is getting more and more expensive, hitting an all-time high on the Apple...