With Kinect, Skyrim’s Dragon Shouts are easier to bellow (hands-on)
Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sensing system is making its way into hardcore games, but not in the way everyone thought. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, one...
Nintendo announces 3DS folders, new Animal Crossing, and New Super Mario Bros. 2
Nintendo announced an upcoming firmware update and a number of games coming soon for the 3DS in the latest installment of its every-once-in-a-while Nintendo Direct video briefing tonight.
News Blips: Diablo III open beta weekend, Apple didn’t meet Valve, and SimCity Internet requirement “worth it”
Some sort of devious sorcery exists at Blizzard for it to lavish a playable morsel of Diablo III upon our eager computers on this...
Trials Evolution breaks XBLA record with highest day-one sales
Trials Evolution, the first title in Arcade Next promotion, just broke the Xbox Live Arcade record for the highest-grossing day-one sales.
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
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.
Diablo III open beta weekend begins today
Say goodbye to your weekend plans...
Author David Kushner tells the inside tale on Grand Theft Auto and the video game violence wars (interview)
GamesBeat: What do you think the point was where these guys actually crossed over into making something that was of the highest quality? There’s...
Can minors buy Facebook Credits? Parents demand refund in class action suit
Social media giant Facebook is facing a new class-action lawsuit that involves minors purchasing Facebook credits without parental consent. Facebook Credits are the currency...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2012 to focus on crossover strategies
GamesBeat 2012 is going to be all about crossover strategies. The game industry as we know it is changing. We’re seeing established companies cross...
The top 25 technology books of all time
21. The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence by Ray Kurzweil (1999). Just how far away are we from the moment...