Storytelling and Acting: Both Can Make or Break a Game
Editor’s note: Ben shares his thoughts on the synergy between storytelling and acting in video games. Acting can elevate a game with a sub-par...
AMD’s latest mainstream graphics chips could snatch market share from Nvidia
Nvidia is taking its time getting its new graphics chip, code-named Fermi to market. Meanwhile, Advanced Micro Devices launched its latest graphics chip in...
Gran Turismo’s creator takes a fifth stab at a perfect racing game
Kazunori Yamauchi is the creator and producer of the Gran Turismo racing games on Sony’s PlayStation game consoles. The new game is launching soon,...
Dragon Age: How the Realness of Character and Story Entrap the Player
Editor’s note: One of my favorite aspects of Dragon Age: Origins is its treatment of characters. As in Baldur’s Gate 2 and Star Wars:...
Exercise Bike + Xbox 360 = Healthy Gaming
So, it’s Wednesday evening, and you’re sitting and playing video games on your couch. Despite having set a new year’s resolution to lose weight,...
15 for 15: What Game Advice Would You Give to the 15-Year-Old You?
Editor’s note: Juan tweaks a brilliant thought experiment from the writer Chuck Klosterman: If you had 15 seconds to talk to your 15-year-old self...
VentureBeat and GDC announce GamesBeat@GDC conference
VentureBeat and the Game Developers Conference are pleased to announce the GamesBeat@GDC conference on March 10. GamesBeat, the conference for leading executives in the...
Modern Warfare 2 video game surpasses $1B in sales
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hit another milestone as the best-selling video game has passed $1 billion in retail sales since its launch...
Nintendo finally gets Netflix movies on the Wii
In case you needed one more place to get Netflix videos, now you can use your Nintendo Wii game console to watch them. It’s...
Five companies create United Nations Citizens virtual world
Cisco Systems, Equifax and three smaller companies have partnered to create United Nations Citizens, a virtual world that has a real economy and is...