Green Man Gaming merges with gaming social network Playfire
Online gaming retailer Green Man Gaming merges with Playfire, a social network for gamers offering similar services such as Xfire and Raptr.
17 reasons to go to GamesBeat 2012
We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2012. But here’s a summary of why we think this is the...
10 Internet comments about games that actually make us laugh
Most Internet comments are authored by mean 12-year-olds who hate minorities, women, and dogs. We've found a few comments that are actually kind of funny but are probably still written by those same little devils.
Face the Fans lets you play against ‘celebrities’ online
If you dream of playing video games against celebrities, your lucky star is shining...as long as you have a pretty loose definition of "celebrity."
Zynga’s 1.8 trillion minutes and other cool facts about the game industry
In honor of our fourth annual GamesBeat conference starting on Tuesday, we've dug out an interesting set of facts and numbers about the game industry.
Betable’s potential jackpot: Bringing real gambling to social casino games
Betable hopes to disrupt social casino games by enabling real-money online gambling in social gaming titles.
5th Planet taps into your inner Gambit in Legacy of Heroes (exclusive)
5th Planet's latest free-to-play game brings a stable of comic industry veterans to the table.
Chartboost, TinyCo partnership seeks to ‘boost’ game development on Kindle Fire
Chartboost and TinyCo are launching a program to fuel the creation of games on Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet. The endorsement shows that the Kindle...
June retail video game sales expected to be a dud
U.S. video game sales for the month of June are expected to be down 34 percent compared to a year ago, according to a...
Game developers should focus on quality over quantity
In an age where multiplayer first-person shooters are king, the most popular games have a myriad of guns, maps, and modes. While choice is...