Appageddon aftermath: Apple, where do your negative reviews go? (updated)
Appagedon is over, for now. Apps are once again being downloaded from Apple's app store, they're working, and all is well in Apple's app-dom.
The road ahead in gaming: Welcome to the Crossover Era
Crossing over from an existing market to an emerging one is what our GameBeat 2012 conference is all about. We're seeing this trend play out in every segment of games.
The mystery of why Pretty Pet Salon was banned from the App Store and then returned
On Jan. 12, 2012, Pretty Pet Salon mysteriously disappeared from the App Store and then returned again in a different form at the end of March. Why this happened is an interesting tale.
Apple’s crackdown on app-ranking manipulation: Confused developers caught in the dragnet
In the battle between Apple’s police and the developers who cheat to boost their rankings, some innocent startups are finding themselves banned from the marketplace.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dawnguard, Zynga Unleashed, and Sega’s ongoing decline
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.
A Game of Phones: Google Play and iOS wage bloody war on each other (infographic)
Is the iTunes app store the World of Warcraft of the mobile industry?
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.
The DeanBeat: Apple and Samsung give console makers a reprieve
This year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) video game trade show had all the potential for disruption but none of the follow-through. Always nipping at...
A visual tour of the 2012 Apple Design Awards winners
Love it or hate it, Apple is about design. The company’s annual design awards were announced this week at the World Wide Developers Conference...
Apple brings its iPhone Game Center to the Mac
Apple is adding its iPhone social gaming service, Game Center, to the Mac for the first time, the company announced at WWDC Monday. This will enable more social gaming features that allow players to easily find their game-playing friends and play with them.