Electronic Arts launches Battlefield Heroes online game with new business model
Electronic Arts is launching its Battlefield Heroes online-only free game today, after testing it for a number of months. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company...
Listen to MobileBeat2009 on Stitcher
Stitcher, a service that lets you listen to audio programs on your mobile phone, is set to cover the main session speakers and breakouts...
VentureBeat is looking for awesome developer
As VentureBeat expands, we’re looking to hire a full-time Web developer to help build out some of the coolest projects for an online news...
Nissan creates iPhone game — in the form of an advertisement
Car maker Nissan wanted to advertise its new Nissan Cube car, and so it created an iPhone game that lets users customize the car — just...
VentureBeat looking for great writers
VentureBeat is still looking for great writers. Come work for one of the most influential business blogs — one with syndication in outlets like...
Battlefield 1943: Shooting frenzy game measures your kill rate
Kill counts have become the rage these days for first-person shooter games. Electronic Arts’ Battlefield 1943, an online-only World War II shooting game on...
As console games slide, online games increase 22 percent compared to a year ago
The number of online game players rose 22 percent in May compared to a year ago, drawing more than 87 million players in the...
Pocket God offers case study of how to build a hit iPhone game
The iPhone has generated more than 63,000 apps worldwide. But no one has figured out the magic formula behind making a hit for the...
Nexon’s Combat Arms game fans have shot each other 3.2 billion times
The fun thing about online games is that you can measure everything. Nexon America announced everything you ever wanted to know about Combat Arms,...
MobileBeat2009 on marketing: Velti CEO Alex Moukas, former iPhone marketer Bob Borchers, and more
Our MobileBeat2009 conference next Thursday in San Francisco will feature speakers from the entire ecosystem: The top carriers, device-makers, mobile operating system companies, venture...