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)
David Kushner has been on the front lines of the video game culture wars. In 2004, he published Masters of Doom, a portrait of...
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
Technology teaches us to forget the past. Last year’s tech news seems like it has no use whatsoever. Thankfully, historians beg to differ, and...
Fez Review: The gaping maw of madness
One of the many secret messages in Fez reads, “Trapped in a fez factory. Please send help.” This is a plea straight from the mouth of the game’s creator, Phil Fish, who for nearly five years, was trapped within the padded walls of his own creation.
Kickstarter funding explodes, on pace to triple this year to around $300M
We’ve been reporting on a lot of very cool tech and gaming projects that have found huge success on the New York-based crowdfunding platform...
Bicycle card game owner to launch Zeniz mobile social casino games platform (exclusive)
Online casino games are hot. So much so that we’re renaming our site Casino GamesBeat. Just kidding, but The United States Playing Card Company...
With Xbox 360 sales slowing down, Windows Phone desperately needs to succeed
Microsoft had mostly good news to report in its third quarter earnings today, although one division stood out as the biggest loser: Entertainment &...