EA exec Frank Gibeau: Betting on next-gen consoles, mobile, and doing right by consumers (interview)
EA had a good E3, and Frank Gibeau is one reason why that happened. Here's our interview with EA's studio boss.
Vivendi may shake down Activision for a special $3B dividend
Vivendi would get $2 billion and would leave Activision with $1 billion in cash.
Activision releasing new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles side-scrolling brawler in October
The game is based on the new Nickelodeon show.
Police Quest creator is back with spiritual successor Precinct (and it’s on Kickstarter, too)
Developer Jim Walls, who created the Police Quest series, announced that his Jim Walls Reloaded studio is working on a spiritual successor called Precinct that is due out for PC and Mac in 2014. To fund Precinct, Walls posted the project to crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The developer is looking for $500,000.
Activision launches Skylanders-branded Monopoly board game
It's a big brand now, but will Skylanders hit the saturation point?
Activision majority stakeholder Vivendi wants to squeeze cash from the publisher
Vivendi's profits are dipping and its debts are mounting, so it is looking to Activision to add some cash to its balance sheet.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Don Mattrick leaves Microsoft for Zynga, Ubisoft’s uPlay service hacked
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.
Infinity Ward reveals dynamically collapsing bonus map for Call of Duty: Ghosts
Preorder the next Call of Duty to get the Free Fall skyscraper multiplayer level.
Major League Gaming smashes its single-event attendance record in Anaheim
Major League Gaming is just coming off its Spring Championship even in Anaheim, California. The competitive-gaming organization gave out $105,000 in prizes to the top competitors in Call of Duty: Black Ops II, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm, and League of Legends.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Hey, you got your Clash of Clans in my Puzzle & Dragons, and Ouya slowly ships
This week, the Ouya Android-based game console launches, but some early Kickstarter backers still haven’t received their system, Zynga faces more trouble as its...