Perfect Dark to XBLA? (Fun with rumor hyping)
Rumors of N64 shooter Perfect Dark coming to XBLA ramped back up this week after a possibly legitimate, potentially fraudulent screen capture of a...
Why Consoles Deserve To Die (or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The OnLive)
<img src="http://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/tombstone20cartoon.gif" alt="RIP" title="RIP" width="225" height="225" / I remember getting my first console like it was yesterday. Christmas, 1987. Every kid I knew that...
Nvidia sees graphics chip market stabilize, but losses continue
Nvidia, which makes graphics chips that go into all kinds of electronic devices, and therefore a good barometer for the tech industry, says its...
Tribal Nova raises $2.5 million for kids’ online games
Canadian firm Tribal Nova said today it has raised $2.5 million to help develop kids’ games and virtual worlds, Virtual Worlds Management reported. Tribal...
Oil co. Terralliance runs out of cash — should have reconsidered the Russian jets
[Update: After speaking to a source close to the situation at Terralliance, some of the information in this post merits correction. The company turned...
Nvidia fires back at Intel with chip set countersuit
Nvidia filed a countersuit against Intel today, alleging that Intel broke contract when it refused to grant Nvidia a chip set license on future...
The future of games: Beyond devices, beyond fun
Video games are quickly becoming an art form, agreed the speakers at a panel on the future of gaming at our GamesBeat 2009 conference...
Khronos Group launches a lighter version of OpenGL graphics standard
A popular graphics standard is getting an upgrade today as Khronos Group unveils Open GL 3.1 as well as an open standard for 3-D...
VC’s view of games: ‘An infinitely fragmented market’
The economy is soft, admitted the panel of venture capitalists at GamesBeat 2009. But Mitch Lasky, from Benchmark Capital, said, “We’re looking for what...
Digital River and Playxpert to co-market e-commerce inside games
Digital River and Playxpert are pitching a tool for game developers to build e-commerce solutions inside their game worlds. The two companies are combining...