Stewart Butterfield built Flickr into a mass market tool. Can he be a success in online games?
Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake built Flickr into the first great photo-sharing site on the web. They sold it to Yahoo in 2005 and...
As game business changes, Disney’s longtime game studios chief resigns (exclusive memo)
Disney’s top video game chief Graham Hopper just announced to the company’s employees that he is resigning from the division that he ran for...
Moving On: How Video Games Have Outgrown Art
"Can video games be art?" I hate this question. I really do. I hate it with a passion greater than the heat of a...
Tiny Speck reveals a glimpse of its zany Glitch video game
Tiny Speck, a game startup founded by high-profile entrepreneur Stewart Butterfield, released a trailer and new web site today unveiling a glimpse of the...
VentureBeat’s picks for the 10 best video games of the holiday season
We’ve unveiled VentureBeat’s picks for the 10 best video games of the holiday season. And this year’s picks really show how much the $20...
PlaySpan expands its pay-per-view video marketplace with anime titles (exclusive)
In recent months, PlaySpan has built a video marketplace where users can browse through video samples and then pay for a complete show if...
Reviews Spotlight: Dead Rising 2, Black Ops, and Quantum Garbage
The Reviews Spotlight does its best to bring attention to the most impressive community reviews. This week, we find out what's wrong with BioShock,...
Haters Saved FF7, Fans Doomed EarthBound
If the world told you for 13 years straight that a particular game was an overrated piece of crap, how high would your expectations...
Do Horror Games Need Tangible Threats to Be Threatening?
Death and evisceration are common tropes in horror media, but those aren’t the big reasons we are afraid of these experiences. They are the...
News Blips: Black Ops Wii Update, Bungie Beta Testers, Costume Quest DLC, and More
I think you'd have to be crazy to opt for the Wii version of Black Ops, but even if you're loony, Treyarch has your...