Categories Posted inin Business Game media maven Jessica Chobot: We loved her until she said she didn’t play FarmVille (video) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2010 1 min Jessica Chobot is an online media celebrity at IGN.com, having become an overnight sensation in 2005 when a photo appeared of her licking a...
Categories Posted inin Business Heavy Rain: I just changed a diaper. Can this be a video game? Posted byby GamesBeat February 26, 2010 4 min “Did I really just do that?” I ask myself, part way into playing “Heavy Rain,” the new, uh, video game for the PlayStation 3....
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat@GDC adds fireside chat on building blockbuster franchises: Spike TV, Bungie, BioWare Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2010 3 min We’re honored to announce that Geoff Keighley, host of Spike TV’s Game Trailers TV with Geoff Keighley television show, will host a fireside chat...
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat@GDC Who’s Got Game best game startup contest deadline is today Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 26, 2010 1 min Today at 5 pm Pacific time is the deadline for submissions to the GamesBeat@GDC Who’s Got Game best game startup contest. If you’re a...
Categories Posted inin Business News Blips: God of War 3 Demo, Bungie Hesitant on PS3, Starcraft 2 Beta Account Sharing, and More Posted byby GamesBeat February 26, 2010 1 min We finally get to kick ass in ancient Greece, sans whatever type of proto-bubblegum they had back in those days. News Blips: The demo...
Categories Posted inin Business Guess Who: Round Fifteen Posted byby GamesBeat February 26, 2010 1 min I hope you've been studying your game characters, because it's time once again for another round of our weekly head-scratching guessing game. And, trust...
Categories Posted inin Business Anonymous Soldier Wages War on DRM Posted byby GamesBeat February 26, 2010 2 min Between the Penny Arcade comic and the Der Untergang parody, the recent news of Ubisoft's digital rights management scheme has made its way around...
Categories Posted inin Business Plants vs. Zombies game generates $1M in sales on iPhone Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2010 1 min If you launched a console video game and sold $1 million worth, it would be a dismal failure. But in the green field of...
Categories Posted inin Business Introducing the new VentureBeat weekly newsletters Posted byby GamesBeat February 25, 2010 1 min 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...
Categories Posted inin Business New batch of GamesBeat@GDC speakers: Vanedge Capital, Raine Group, AdMob Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 25, 2010 3 min 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...