Facebook is buying Oculus for $2B to ‘get ready for the platform of tomorrow’
“Mobile is the platform of today, and now we’re also getting ready for the platforms of tomorrow,” said Facebook founder and CEO, Mark Zuckerberg,...
Facebook acquires Oculus VR for $2 billion
The social network has just announced that it has acquired Oculus VR, makers of the upcoming Oculus Rift head-mounted virtual-reality display, for $2 billion. That includes $400 million in cash as well as 23.1 million shares in Facebook stock with a current value of $1.6 billion.
Angry Birds maker signs up with Orchestrate, the database that wants to rule them all (exclusive)
"Front-end designers, Ruby programmers, Node programmers -- people who haven't used a lot of databases, they're coming to us."
Nintendo’s Wii U could become the next big home for indie console developers (interview)
GamesBeat met with Damon Baker, Nintendo's senior manager of licensing marketing, to discuss this new indie content initiative -- and the concept of an open-platform Nintendo blew our minds.
Gaming Live is a new broadcasting alternative to Twitch coming later this year
The tech startup expects to start demonstrating its platform in June.
Sony Online Entertainment makes the rules, and the players make the games
In today’s market, players need to have a hand in guiding that evolution, and that’s the mantra guiding the development of Planetside 2 and EverQuest Next Landmark.
Microsoft open-sources MS-DOS. ’80s kids dance in the streets
This story takes me right back to 1987, hanging out on the living room floor, futzing with floppy disks and command prompts and the original version of King's Quest.
Live Webcast: Distributed Denial of Service — war stories from the cloud front
Join Akamai’s security expert Matthew Mosher and GamesBeat lead reporter Dean Takahashi to hear about the latest online attacks and the toolkits companies are using to take worldwide gaming platforms offline.
Discover the state of mobile gaming in a fireside chat with SGN’s Chris DeWolfe (interview)
SGN is making mobile games, but it hasn't abandoned Facebook as a proving ground for new ideas.
Nvidia says Tegra Erista mobile chip coming in 2015
Tegra Erista will be the successor to this year's Tegra K1.