Global games business to hit $112B by 2015
Spending on video games around the globe will grow from $74 billion in 2011 to $112 billion by 2015, according to market researcher Gartner....
Sony plans to redesign PlayStation Network
Sony is planning a redesign of its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), following a hacking attack that brought the network down for...
Happy 15th Birthday NiGHTS!
I have many fond memories with NiGHTS into Dreams. Many of them involve spending the entire day playing and begging for just ten...
Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl who Stands Behind
I played the fan translation of Famicom Tantei Club Part II: Ushiro ni Tatsu Shōjo (ファミコン探偵倶楽部PartII うしろに立つ少女), or Famicom Detective Club Part II: The Girl who Stands Behind in English last night and I was hooked.
Sony finally brings PlayStation Network fully online in Japan
Sony has finally brought its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), and its associated services online in Japan — the last region where...
Social gaming company Ohai sold to unnamed bidder (exclusive)
We hear that social gaming company Ohai has been sold. We don’t know who the buyer is, but there were evidently a number of...
Indie darling sandbox game Minecraft passes 10M users
Minecraft, an independently-developed sandbox building game, has passed 10 million registered users, according to the game’s creator, Markus Persson, also known as “Notch.” That puts...
Who outguns the other? Electronic Arts vs Zynga (poll)
Updated with poll — so you can vote Social game maker Zynga, developer of games like FarmVille, filed for an initial public offering on...
And we’re signing up even more great GamesBeat speakers
Today we’re revealing the eleventh group of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our newest batch of speakers illustrates the wide variety of...
How to Make L.A. Noire 2 a Great Game
Prior to its release, I fully expected L.A. Noire to be a smash hit with both reviewers and gamers. Though the game was far...