Baba Yetu from Civilization 4 nets first Grammy for a video game song
A song written for a video game has won one of music’s top awards, the Grammy, for the first time in history. Baba Yetu,...
Enslaved Review — Journey To Being Under Appreciated
A tale of a man, a woman and pig — where no one gets romantically involved. Enslaved is a game that is focussed on how us...
CityVille maker Zynga rumored to be raising $250M round at $7B valuation
Social game maker Zynga is reportedly talking to investors about raising a new $250 million round of funding that values the company at $7 – $9...
On the need for customization
I've always loved it when games offer customization. Having the option to personalize things like your character's appearance boosts my opinion of nearly any...
Richard Garriott: My plan to beat FarmVille and CityVille (video)
Richard Garriott is known as a video-game pioneer, an undersea diver and an astronaut. Now he wants to outdo Zynga, the creator of FarmVille...
Measuring the required amount of industry know-how
I'm going to let you in on a secret: My life doesn't completely revolve around video games. In fact, the majority of my time...
Week in review: Bing wrests share from Google
Here’s our roundup of the week’s top tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Microsoft’s Bing...
Can Nexon make social games more engaging? (video)
Nexon has proven to be one of the fastest-growing online game companies of the past decade. The Korean company pioneered the microtransactions/free-to-play business model,...
Duke Nukem Forever: Reverse Excitement
Image courtesy of Wired I don’t normally write about the current events in gaming and when you’re done reading this you’ll probably understand why....
How Uncharted 2 got gameplay right (and how Uncharted 1 got it wrong)
Having recently gotten my hands on a PlayStation 3, I immediately sought out the much-trumpeted Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I also procured a copy of Uncharted:...