Going Rogue: Winning isn’t everything
I am not a person who handles failure well. I am easily frustrated when things don’t go my way. When I face a seemingly...
Turner Broadcasting Europe invests in game discovery startup TeePee Games (exclusive)
Turner Broadcasting Europe has invested in TeePee Games, a new provider of game discovery services for social, mobile and Flash games. Turner, which owns...
Leaf start-up glitch leaves electric vehicle drivers, Nissan stranded
Nissan is facing yet another setback with its electric-powered vehicle, the Leaf. Today, the carmaker acknowledged reports of the Leaf failing to start due...
Sony settles PlayStation 3 jailbreaking case
Sony has settled its lawsuit against hacker George “Geohot” Hotz for circumventing the security system of the PlayStation 3 video game console. The lawsuit...
Reviews Spotlight: Dead Money, Shiren 5, Two Worlds 2 and You Don’t Know Jack
It’s Sunday, so you know what that means: If you’re not in church right now praying to the good Lord above, then you must...
Tablets are for playing games, not reading eBooks
Video games are the No. 1 activity for users of tablet computers, according to a survey by Google’s AdMob division. That’s not a huge...
Week in review: Another Black Ops map pack on the way?
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories that VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Is another...
Social games could grow five-fold to $5B market by 2015
Social gaming revenues hit $1 billion in 2010 and could grow five-fold to $5 billion in the next five years. Market research firm Parks...
Strung out on video-game drugs
Almost always, the best answer is to just say “yes." In games, I've endorsed all manner of recreational, educational, ceremonial, universe-amplifying and boredom-dissolving, mind-body...
Fans are getting their say in video games
In the award-winning video game BioShock, one of the best games of 2007, there was a bar in the game called Sinclair Spirits, named...