Star Wars: The Old Republic has a chance to get more than 1M long-term subscribers (exclusive)
Electronic Arts’ Star Wars: The Old Republic has a chance to grow to more than 1 million long-term paying subscribers, according to an analysis...
Interactive adventure game wows Exploratorium crowds
Last night, visitors to San Francisco’s Exploratorium After Dark were given the opportunity to walk through a game-style art installation full of stories and...
Heroes of Newerth “100th Hero” Early Access giveaway [update]
Update 1: The giveaway entry period for the second batch of keys has been extended to Monday at 11am PST. Good luck! Original story: Heroes of Newerth is celebrating its 100th hero with a ton of promotions, giveaways, and this GamesBeat contest!
GamesBeat’s Diablo III beta code giveaway [update]
UPDATE 2: ALL CODES HAVE BEEN GIVEN OUT! ENJOY! Update 1: The first 55 codes have been handed out, but we’ve gotten 45 more...
Casey Hudson: BioWare co-created Mass Effect 3 with the (sometimes cranky) fans (interview)
Casey Hudson‘s star is shining bright as the launch of his team’s epic sci-fi video game, Mass Effect 3, draws near. He is the...
Official Assassin’s Creed III box art and leaked screens confirm American Revolution setting [update]
With the stories of both Ezio and Altair coming to a close in last year’s Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Ubisoft has revealed the next of...
Gaikai expanding its streaming demo service to Game retail website
Gaikai, the cloud based gaming service, today announced that it will be streaming game demos directly to online customers of European retailer Game. In...
Pocket Gems grows fast with its “mobile first” game business
Pocket Gems was one of the early “mobile first” game companies that did nothing but make games for mobile devices. The company was founded...
What makes a game scary – and why does it matter?
Picture the scene: you’re creeping through a tight, dark tunnel (probably a sewer of some kind). There’s something down here with you: you can hear it, growling, somewhere close by. You inch forward, round another corner – but there’s nothing there.
Otoy buys Refractive Software and announces cloud-based digital animation technology (exclusive)
Cloud-gaming startup Otoy is making some big moves in advance of next week’s Game Developers Conference, including its first acquisition: the animated film technology...