How Japan’s Line became an unintentional gaming-platform giant (interview)
Line's Akira Morikawa isn't targeting his messaging service at gamers, but they're playing a ton of titles on his network. Will that make it bigger than Facebook?
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Making the PlayStation 4 controller, Apple’s new iPad Air, and GamesBeat 2013
This week, GamesBeat’s Editor-in-Chief Dan “Shoe” Hsu’s exclusive four-part series on the DualShock 4 controller explores how Sony designed and redesigned the controller. This in-depth...
The CEA’s Jim Barry: The old man and his gadgets (interview)
What gadgets will be hot at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show? The Digital Answer Man knows.
iPad Air: What Apple’s latest tablet means for mobile gaming
Apple's iPad Air has a 64-bit processor and improved graphics performance. Here's what that means for gaming.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Ubisoft delays Watch Dogs, times are still uneasy at Zynga, and mobile games soar in value
This week, Ubisoft delays two of its next-gen launch games (Watch Dogs and The Crew) perilously close to the new console launch dates, mobile...
The first iOS 7-only game built exclusively on Apple’s new SpriteKit game engine
When Apple released iOS 7 to developers, it also introduced its own game-development engine called SpriteKit that only works with the latest version of...
After 6 years, Anki launches slot car game with artificial intelligence
Anki Drive got a huge boost in recognition after Apple brought its team on stage this summer to show it off to the world.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GTA Online’s rocky launch, Mojang revealed, and going to League of Legends school
This week, legendary military thriller author Tom Clancy dies at 66, Grand Theft Auto V’s online mode launches but not without a few problems,...
Apple’s iPhone 5S sensors are massively screwed up (and so are the games that rely on them)
Apple appears to have a serious hardware problem on its hands as the internal sensors of its new flagship phone, the iPhone 5S, are...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: King readies IPO? Valve’s new Steam OS brings PC games to TV
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.