Angry Birds Star Wars tests just how far those funny birds can fly (interview)
Rovio is figuring out how it will reach its next billion game downloads -- and how to become a huge entertainment brand.
You can live stream Call of Duty: Black Ops II directly to YouTube from your console
The publisher announced a partnership with YouTube to stream its first-person shooter directly to the video service from a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.
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.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney buys LucasArts/Lucasfilm, Halo 4 reviewed, and Valve dislikes Windows 8
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.
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.
Check out the Call of Duty: Black Ops II trailer from the director of ‘Sherlock Holmes’
Call of Duty: Black Ops II follows in the footsteps of its predecessors to release a big-budget live-action trailer.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kixeye CEO calls out Zynga, new Xbox 360 dashboard revealed
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.
Skylanders Giants is a kinder, gentler Diablo (review)
Skylanders Giants brings new characters and new depth to the Skylanders model without alienating fans of the previous game.
Treyarch blows up the future with its Call of Duty: Black Ops II launch trailer
Futuristic gadgets are the true stars of this latest video.
'Our exit strategy is death' guides Days of Wonder's board game philosophy
Mark Kaufman and Eric Hauntemont are veteran venture capitalists in the tech world. In 2002, they decided to get out of that fast-paced life and start developing board games. No, seriously.