Diablo-like Legends: Rise of a Hero launches on Zynga.com
Legends: Rise of a Hero is a free-to-play role-playing social game that focuses on collecting loot, recruiting friends, and building your kingdom.
Mobile-and-social app analytics firm Swrve raises $6.25M (exclusive)
Swrve enables game publishers to test different outcomes and see which path leads to the best monetization.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Halo 4, Grand Theft Auto V reveal, THQ for sale
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Activision: ‘Spectacular innovation’ will prevent Skylanders from fizzling like Guitar Hero
An Activision executive doesn't think Skylanders will pan out like the Guitar Hero franchise.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria sees 1 million concurrent players in China
Activision Blizzard didn't announce how many units of its World of Warcraft expansion it sold in China, but it did point out a staggering statistic.
Call of Duty publisher Activision Blizzard beats earnings estimates and raises guidance
The world's biggest independent game publisher sets the tone for the holiday selling season.
Guitar Hero co-creator unveils startup with a plan to mobilize the living room (exclusive interview)
Charles Huang, the cocreator of Guitar Hero, wants to connect a game controller to your smartphone and play games on your TV. But the plan is more than that.
Treyarch’s Mark Lamia promises that Call of Duty: Black Ops II will push gaming’s boundaries (exclusive interview)
Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia says that Black Ops II will deliver on giving something new to jaded gamers.
Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s bearded badasses can’t defeat mediocrity (review)
While Medal of Honor: Warfighter has some fun beneath its gritty fingernails, it fails as the military-shooter flag-bearer it wants to be.
David Vonderhaar’s expert advice on how to get ahead in Call of Duty: Black Ops II multiplayer (exclusive interview)
David Vonderhaar is the multiplayer gaming design director at Treyarch. He offers us sound advice on how to get ahead in multiplayer combat in the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops II.