Our latest round of GamesBeat 2012 speakers
VentureBeat is pleased to announce the latest speakers added to our roster for GamesBeat 2012 in San Francisco on July 10-11. We’re inviting 500 movers and...
The9’s Chinese mobile game network reaches 10M users and 12M downloads (exclusive)
Online game operator The9 has set up a mobile game publishing business in China. Today, the company is announcing it has had more than...
The DeanBeat: Apple and Samsung give console makers a reprieve
This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show had all the potential for disruption but none of the follow-through. Always nipping at...
AdColony hires Apple veteran to run fast-growing mobile video ad business (exclusive)
AdColony has been on a tear growing its mobile video ad network business in the past two quarters. Now it’s positioning itself for more...
Embracing Silicon Valley, EA gears up for its digital empire (interview)
Electronic Arts generated $1.2 billion in digital game revenues in the past year. That includes revenues from downloadable content, Facebook games, web titles, mobile...
Digital game sales are up but still can’t touch Call of Duty (infographic)
This infographic shows us that sales of physical copies of games at retail have been consistently decreasing since 2008, while the percentage of digital copies among all titles sold is increasing.
Despite huge Diablo III launch, May video game sales fall 28 percent
Video game sales fell 28 percent in May, with total industry sales falling to $516.5 million from $718.9 million a year ago, according to consumer market research firm NPD Group.
GamesBeat’s gigantic E3 2012 roundup
We've corralled the entirety of our E3 2012 coverage from the showfloors, meeting rooms, conference halls, and beyond. If you missed out -- or need a refresher -- on GamesBeat's E3 coverage, take a look here!
Fruit Ninja follows Angry Birds’ flight plan with licensed products
The company behind the popular mobile game Fruit Ninja wants to take the Angry Birds phenomenon head-on as it launches its own line of tie-in toys and accessories.
New studio uCool to launch ambitious Tynon social fantasy role-playing game (exclusive)
Social game startup uCool is coming out of stealth today and describing its upcoming game, a social fantasy role-playing hybrid title called Tynon. The Flash-based...