Facing down the giants: CEO Max Schaefer talks Torchlight II and its competition
Chief executive officer Max Schaefer explains where Torchlight II stands in the current action-RPG market.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: More Zynga executives leave, CEO Perlman leaves OnLive, and Bethesda announces new Skyrim DLC
This week, Zynga loses more executives, Microsoft announces that its surface tablets will run Unreal Engine 3, and Double Fine reveals its first iOS...
How spoilers, bugs, and online play influence our buying decisions
With everything from cost to content vying for your attention, how do you know the right time to play?
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Sound Shapes, Penny Arcade, and Mists of Pandaria
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.
World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria intro brings the focus back to orcs vs. humans…and pandas
Blizzard revealed the opening cinematic for Mists of Pandaria, the latest expansion to its incredibly popular massively multiplayer online game, World of Warcraft.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard hacked, Nividia earnings rise, and more bad news for Zynga
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.
Blizzard’s mobile and dial-in authenticators breached in hack
Game publisher Blizzard was hacked this week, as discovered by the security team, which Blizzard says is currently working with law enforcement to figure out who is behind the breach.
Game developers hate Windows 8, Microsoft responds
Microsoft is hard at work trying to sell the idea of Windows 8 as a great gaming platform, but some developers are still not convinced.
‘Hero Profiles’ adds World of Warcraft-esque Armory to Diablo III
Loot and achievements are at the heart of Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo III, and now players have an expansive new way to track both from anywhere on the game's site.
World of Warcraft loses over one million subscribers in second quarter
Massively popular online role-playing game World of Warcraft has lost over one million subs, but could the next expansion provide a needed boost?