Marvel teams up with High Moon Studios for an upcoming game based on Deadpool
At Comic-Con 2012, Marvel Comics announced that Activision and High Moon Studios are working on a Deadpool game.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Angry Birds, the Ouya console, and Penny Arcade’s ad-free gambit
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Halo 4 dev: “Loadout system looks more like Gradius” than Call of Duty, no public beta
During a question-and-answer panel discussion at the Rooster Teeth Expo, 343 Industries addressed fan concerns about the Call of Duty-ification of Halo 4. The developer pointed to another, much older arcade game as the true source of their inspiration.
Beatles legend Paul McCartney is working on music for former Halo dev Bungie
Celebrated musician Paul McCartney is working with Bugie Studio to create original music.
Activision announces first-person shooter based off The Walking Dead TV show
The new game will be based off of the AMC TV show, with players following the adventures of Merle and Daryl Dixon.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Spelunky, Sony buys Gaikai, and the Walking Dead
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
And the grenade’s red glare: Call of Duty downloadable content is half off
In celebration of Independence Day, publisher Activision halves the price of all downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops for one week. Cue the slowly waving American flag.
Meet our all-star GamesBeat 2012 moderators
We’re pleased to announce the all-star moderators for our annual GamesBeat 2012 conference next week, July 10-11 in San Francisco. Here’s the list in order of...
‘Give us something BIG!’: 10 of the best live-action video game trailers
For better or worse, it seems like big-budget live-action trailers for video games are here to stay. It's just as well that some publishers are doing them right, as seen in these 10 impressive examples.
Disney and others bring disruption to movie-licensed games
Movie-licensed games are experiencing an extinction by evolution. Mobile apps and quality releases based on specific characters are displacing these often mediocre titles.