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...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2012 in July will focus on disruption, change, and innovation
We’ve unveiled our first speakers and other details for our fourth annual game conference, GamesBeat 2012. Our roster of speakers includes Will Wright, creator...
Forget the Nokia — play Snake on the sides of buildings
An imaginative projection project in Sydney, Australia, is taking the classic game Snake and making it into an large scale interactive urban experience. The...
Iddiction’s App-o-Day aims to cure App Store discovery woes with “Groupon for apps”
Discovery is still a huge problem on the Apple App Store, with 578,716 active apps and no sure-fire way to stand out. Iddiction hopes...