News Blips: Rumored Elder Scrolls MMO, Notch endorses competition, and Mass Effect 3 multiplayer stats
Just think: If today's rumor proves true, it won't be long until we're saddled with clogged chat windows saying "WTB 100 Salt Piles." News...
PlayPhone buys mobile marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5M (exclusive)
PlayPhone has acquired mobile social marketing firm SocialHour for $51.5 million in stock, VentureBeat has learned. Ron Czerny, chief executive of PlayPhone, confirmed the...
OMGPOP’s Draw Something steals No. 1 spot from Zynga
Zynga has dominated the top charts of Facebook games for what seems like forever. So it’s surprising to note that Draw Something from OMGPOP...
Pre-Mortem: King’s Bounty project lead introduces new race and units (exclusive)
Editor’s Note: GamesBeat is proud to kick off our exclusive Pre-Mortem series of dev diaries with King’s Bounty: Warriors of the North. In each...
EA reveals Mass Effect 3 multiplayer stats (infographic)
Electronic Arts has released an infographic showing off the first round of stats for Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode. Players have already accumulated 1,800...
All Of Journey’s A Stage- Shakespeare And Art Games
It tells a moving story without the need for protracted cutscenes, or dialog of any kind.. With its unique anonymous multiplayer, it creates a scenario where a stranger entering your game is not only bearable but preferable to being alone.
Microsoft says it won’t show next Xbox at E3
Microsoft confirmed today that it will not show any new Xbox hardware at the video game industry’s big E3 trade show in June. That...
Peter Relan on how to get two iPhone games into the top 25
Peter Relan wants to build a mobile gaming empire, one app at a time. The chief executive of CrowdStar and chairman of game incubator YouWeb...
Under GameStop, Kongregate sees big growth in virtual goods business
Life under GameStop’s ownership has been good for Kongregate, one of the largest destinations for free indie games on the internet. But the changes that...
Kixeye quietly makes big bucks on hardcore Facebook games
At first glance, Kixeye looks puny as a social gaming company on Facebook. It has only 4.6 million users compared to Zynga‘s more than 240 million monthly...