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If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
This week, Activision confirms Call of Duty: Ghosts is a real thing after British retailer Tesco leaked that information last week, Mojang sells 10 million copies of Minecraft on mobile devices, and Re-Mission 2 explores how games can help kids survive cancer.
You’ll also find interviews with Quantic Dream’s David Cage and Gree’s search for a billion-dollar game. Also, be sure to check out our feature on fighting game special attacks so long you could make a sandwich before they finish.
News
- The DeanBeat: Neurogaming is a nascent market fueled by brain games and sensors
- Playstudios launches new social casino game with the Mirage brand
- Zynga reveals League of Legends-like Solstice Arena for mobile
- Activision quiet as Wii U version of Call of Duty: Ghosts fails to materialize
- Activision confirms Call of Duty: Ghosts for next-gen Xbox with new trailer
- Gearbox artist: Dragon’s Crown’s art is like that of ‘some juvenile delinquent’
- Ace of Spades, Brick-Force, and Guncraft fire away in a block-shooter faceoff
- Jazz Boatman wants you to know that sexy boat game Leviathan is finally out
- Zynga to publish Disruptor Beam’s Game of Thrones: Ascent social game
- Candy Crush Saga rules mobile game downloads, but Puzzle & Dragons has the revenue
- Respawn’s shooter rumored to be a next-generation Xbox exclusive
Mobile News
- Google Play comes to Nook at long last, as B&N throws in the Lone Ranger towel
- Apple announces countdown to 50 billion apps served, reveals top 50 apps of all time
- Mojang sells 10 million copies of Minecraft on mobile devices alone
- Mobile developer Dragonplay expands into publishing
- WemoLab launches SuperFugu undersea exploration adventure for iPad
- Asia’s Line mobile messaging network crosses 150M users and 100M game downloads
- Just one more turn: Sid Meier designing new mobile game
- Let’s put a dollar on it: Skillz brings real-money cash wagering to Android
Strange News
- No joke: Why CollegeHumor made a 3DS game
- Smell could be the last frontier in making games more immersive and realistic
- E-sports league admits employee installed malware to ‘mine’ Bitcoins
- Madden developer’s lawsuit against EA going to trial
- Game, movie, or both? Stunning footage shows why Beyond: Two Souls belonged at Tribeca
- CCP Games cuts deal for Eve Universe TV show based on real-life stories
- 2K Games won’t have a booth at this year’s E3
Fighting Words
Going Online
- 1M gamers register for accounts in sci-fi MMO Defiance
- China’s PC online game market to hit $11.9B in 2013
- Cryptic, Wizards of the Coast aren’t worried about ‘D&D Next’ hurting Neverwinter MMO
- UltimatePoker.com goes live as the first real-money online gambling site in Nevada
- The big debate about the blurring of social casino games and online gambling
- Game developers revive Sissyfight as an open-source online game about sexism
Tech
- Intel promises souped-up graphics with new fourth-generation Core processors
- Turbulenz HTML5 game engine is now open source
- Game console chips will lead the way for AMD’s semi-custom business
- How Google is melding our real and virtual worlds with games, apps … and Glass
- Nvidia hires new chief to replace outgoing Tegra leader
- Next-gen Xbox may turn your room into the game using special projector
Indies
Interviews
- Grid 2 developer discusses online cheaters and what to do with them (interview)
- Quantic Dream’s David Cage describes growing as a storyteller, doesn’t rule out film directing (interview)
- Gree searches for the billion-dollar game from its swanky S.F. headquarters (interview)
Pieces of Flair
- GamesBeat’s Favorite Skyrim Mods #4: Tropical Skyrim
- ROUNDTABLE’D! Game characters objectify Dragon’s Crown’s female anatomy!
- Ghost of a Tale: A film animator turns to Indiegogo to fund his first video game
- The 99 cent smartphone game sending bikes to Africa
- Fighting the robot wars: Mechwarrior Online vs. Hawken vs. Heavy Gear Arena
- You can make a snack before these fighting game supermoves finish
- Re-Mission 2 games reimagine how to help kids survive cancer
- 3 retro Disney games that don’t deserve remakes