MOGA controller promises console-quality gaming on Android devices
With the popularity of mobile devices on the rise, video game companies are looking for new ways to bring console-quality experiences to smartphones and tablets.
After insane development cycle, online game TERA finally poised for launch
Taking on World of Warcraft is no small task. Just ask the folks who made TERA, the massively multiplayer online world that launches in...
Go huntin’ for deer with your smartphone
Glu Mobile has acquired the Deer Hunter brand from Atari. This means that, sometime soon, you’ll be able to hunt deer on just about...
The coolest technology and moments from CES 2012 (slideshow)
Last week, four VentureBeat reporters and our videographer braved the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. They covered 1.861 million square feet of...
DeanBeat: Game companies went on a $2.8B buying spree in 2011
The social and mobile games gold rush inspired lots of investments in 2011, as venture capitalists tried to find the next Zynga. But the...
The Atari iPhone game copycat battle zone heats up (exclusive)
Apple has offered many copycat games on its iTunes App Store for years, but decided to pull a number of apps in December due...
Atari’s latest legal actions “appear to be putting the squeeze on hundreds of apps”
A project update for iOS game Vector Tanks 3 on crowd-sourcing platform Kickstarter revealed that Atari has started threatening legal action against indie game...
Lodsys targets Rovio, EA, Square Enix and more with amended patent lawsuit
Patent licensing company Lodsys fired a shot at some of the biggest game makers in the world with an amended patent lawsuit against Angry...
17 reasons to attend GamesBeat 2011
We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2011. But here’s a summary of why we think this will be...
A brief walk around the E3 show floor (video)
Every year after the E3 video game trade show, people ask me what it’s like to go. It’s hard to explain the madness of...