Introducing the new VentureBeat weekly newsletters
I’m pleased to introduce a brand new way to stay on top of all the innovation that VentureBeat covers. Today we’re announcing the launch...
New batch of GamesBeat@GDC speakers: Vanedge Capital, Raine Group, AdMob
Once again, we’d like to highlight more stellar speakers we lined up for our upcoming GamesBeat@GDC executive game conference. The event is set for...
gWallet launches “brand bar” platform to monetize social games
gWallet, an offer startup in social media, is launching an extension to its platform that it believes will improve monetization in social games. The...
Epic Games’ Mike Capps on how to build a blockbuster franchise (video)
Building a blockbuster franchise is one of the hardest things in the game industry. Epic Games has done so twice with its Unreal first-person...
Toss the Turtle – Violent Depictions of the 2-d Physics
The most important thing I’ve learned this generation is people like shooting things and watch stuff blow up. Toss the Turtle combines these themes...
Should Video Games Be Banned?
Video games are often condemned because many feel they contain excessive amounts of violence and how this can affect the player. This debate is controversial and the most persistent question when discussing video games.
Nintendo’s Cammie Dunaway shows off the large-screen DSi XL (video)
The new Nintendo DSi XL arrives in the U.S. on March 28. But Cammie Dunaway, executive vice president at Nintendo of America, showed me...
Will Nintendo’s first-half game lineup satisfy gamers? Our hands-on impressions
The announcement of Nintendo’s DSi XL handheld got a lot of attention today. But the games that the Japanese company talked about are equally...
Hi5 to announce new online games management team, acquisition of social game firm Big Six
In its ambition to be a player in the red hot category of social network games, Hi5 is expected to announce today that it...
Aliens vs. Predator 2 – 9 years later
To clear some things up, it's been almost 9 years since the game came out in 2001, and since Monolith shut down the online...