GamesBeat

Posted inin Business

Dragons, dinosaurs, and Transformers: RuneScape’s CEO on the future of free to play

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 28, 2012
4 min

Free to play is the future of gaming, even for traditional game publishers, according to Jagex Games Studio CEO Mark Gerhard. He talks to GamesBeat about the rush to the free-to-play model, Jagex's potential market value, and the development of upcoming MMO Transformers Universe.

Posted inin Technology

SeeYouInCourtVille: law firms investigating Zynga for possible insider trading

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 27, 2012
2 min

Three months before releasing a quarterly earnings report that slaughtered an already-decimated stock, Zynga executives and investors unloaded some of their stock, raking in...

Posted inin Business

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Gamescape 2012, a history of Batman in video games, and Donkey Kong’s failing liver

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 27, 2012
2 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Posted inin Business

Habbo’s CEO calls for online safety coalition in wake of sex-chat crisis

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2012
9 min

Paul LaFontaine, chief executive of Habbo-creator Sulake, calls for smarter online safety practices after his company's virtual-world site faced a sexual-chat controversy.

Posted inin Business

Ouya console will launch with OnLive cloud-gaming service

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 27, 2012
1 min

Cloud gaming comes to the open-source Ouya console.

Posted inin Business

Michael Phelps plays more than 30 hours of Call of Duty per week

Posted byby Mike Minotti
July 27, 2012
2 min

The eight gold medals Michael Phelps earned during the 2008 Olympic Games make him one the best American athletes. He's also an avid Call of Duty player.

Posted inin Business

The DeanBeat: At Casual Connect, massive confusion and angst about digital publishing 2.0

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 27, 2012
3 min

The definition of a game publisher has become confusing, and the ultimate answer this is important for developers.

Posted inin Business

Nvidia touts its latest graphical sorcery in ‘New Dawn’ tech demo

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 27, 2012
2 min

Graphics processing company Nvidia showcases its latest achievements in visual beauty with "New Dawn," a tech demo featuring a beautifully rendered fairy in a magical forest environment.

Posted inin Business

Games could predict whether you’re color blind, a gambler, or have ADD

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 27, 2012
3 min

Lukasz Twardowski, a young Polish entrepreneur, recently made an unexpected discovery. By analyzing data from video games, he thinks he’ll be able to predict...

Posted inin Gaming Culture

50 Games in 2012 – #9 Mario Party 9 [WII]

Posted byby GamesBeat
July 27, 2012
2 min

As a youngster Mario Party was a game that often became a main attraction at birthday parties. Besides maybe Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros no other game brought as much multi-player fun for me as a kid. Mario Party was the business to play with friends.

Subscribe to our newsletter