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.
New multiplayer map info for Call of Duty: Black Ops II
Activision assures that everyone who pre-orders Call of Duty: Black Ops II will receive a redeemable code for the new version of the popular Black Ops map Nuketown.
Battlefield 3 Premium’s success leads EA to plan more ‘premium’ services
EA's Battlefield 3 Premium service hit 800,000 members within its first two weeks, but how does it stack up against long-time competitor Call of Duty Elite?
GamesBeat weekly roundup
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.
Tony Hawk developer Neversoft answers the Call of Duty
The video game developer best known for its work on the Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero franchises is trading in its skateboards and Les Pauls for AK-47s.
007 Legends proves personality makes or breaks a game
Developer Eurocom's 007 Legends is a full-fledged tribute to the James Bond film franchise's 50th anniversary. Just one problem: Where did Bond go?