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...
THQ pushes transmedia strategy with SyFy movie-game Red Faction
THQ has pulled out the stops on its “transmedia” strategy, where it coordinates media related to its big games. That strategy will hit a...
Japan’s wrecked nuclear plant remade in game Fallout 3
Someone has recreated the ruins of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Fallout 3, an adventure game that features the player trekking through...
EA Sports chief says game makers face disruption, transformation, and digitization
Peter Moore runs EA Sports, the huge sports game business of Electronic Arts that sells games in the tens of millions. But Moore said...
Apple rejects experimental PopCap game Unpleasant Horse
PopCap Games unveiled an experimental label for risky games this week, called 4th & Battery. But the label’s first title, Unpleasant Horse, turned out...