The road ahead in mobile games
Mobile gaming is the wide-open battleground of the entertainment industry. While Zynga dominates social games and big publishers rule console games, the global smartphone...
Nintendo’s glacial eStore and Virtual Console release schedule actually encourages piracy
Sorry, Operation Rainfall — Nintendo seems flood-proof. Let’s get this straight first: I don’t advocate piracy. I pay for my entertainment. Sometimes I even...
News Blips: Mainstream media as a tool, phones might outstrip consoles, and Witcher 2 lawsuit
If games need an extra visibility boost within the media, I hope they make more commercials like this gripping paragon of theater. News Blips:...
Video Blips: Rage, PlanetSide 2, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and more
I wonder why games continue portraying the government's final solution against an apocalyptic cataclysm as a failed initiative to store a portion of humanity...
Social game maker Tiny Speck hires Japan’s famous game designer Keita Takahashi
Tiny Speck, a social game startup that has been making a title called Glitch, has scored a coup with the hiring of Keita Takahashi,...
Zynga’s 15th acquisition in 13 months: Toronto’s Five Mobile
Zynga has acquired the assets of Five Mobile, a Toronto-based developer of mobile apps. The new team will be known as Zynga Toronto and...
Gaming is hot topic in San Francisco next week
VentureBeat’s GamesBeat 2011 conference is coming up fast. Get ready to find out about the latest innovations, opportunities and pitfalls in gaming in the two-day event...
EA’s Secret World online game is nothing like World of Warcraft
Electronic Arts already has a game like Blizzard Entertainment’s supergiant online game, World of Warcraft, in the works — but it looks like the...
80 of gaming’s brightest minds share their secrets next week
We have 80 (updated) of the gaming industry’s best and brightest lined up for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. We’re grateful that so many...
Storm8 comes on strong with three new Android games (exclusive)
Storm8 has launched three strong games on Android mobile devices in recent weeks, bringing to 13 the number of titles the mobile game company...