Meet the judges for our GamesBeat 2012 ‘Who’s Got Game’ game-startup competition
We’d like to formally introduce our judges for the Who’s Got Game contest for the industry’s best game startup. They include: Ann Burkett is...
Console game studio Radical Entertainment shuts its doors
Radical Entertainment, a 20-year-old game studio that recently made the Prototype 2 console game for Activision Publishing, has shut down. Audio designer Rob Bridgett,...
Sega closes multiple offices worldwide and focuses on digital
In a major restructuring move, Sega closes offices in France, Germany, Spain, Australia, and the Netherlands while increasing focus on stronger IPs such as Sonic and Total War.
Lara Croft will invade your Chrome web browser this fall
Square Enix plans to launch its console-quality game Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light on the Google Chrome web browser this fall.
Nintendo hires a networking chief to shore up a weak spot
Nintendo of America has hired Duncan Orrell-Jones as its new senior vice president of network business, a job that the company sorely needed to...
Heyzap launches a way for developers to reach its mobile game network users
Heyzap, a startup with a mobile social gaming network, is announcing today a way for mobile game developers to reach its network of millions...
Dawnguard finally brings a sense of urgency to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (review)
Dawnguard, the new downloadable content for the Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim manages to do something the main game tiptoed around: instilling a sense of urgency to complete the main story missions.
How we voted in the Game Critics Awards
The Game Critics Awards is a group of a few dozen leading game publications that votes each year on the best games at the...
Halo, Red Dead Redemption, and other modern games given a retro makeover (gallery)
Halo, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Final Fantasy XIII, and more are given the retro treatment in this gallery.
Hello, Hero Academy: $2M deal helps mobile-platform Yodo1 bring Western games to China
Yodo1, a Beijing-based mobile gaming platform, announced today that it has received $2 million from ChangYou Fund to "accelerate" distribution of Western iOS and Android titles in the rapidly growing Chinese market.