The news that shook the game world in 2012 Posted byby Dean Takahashi December 27, 2012 10 min Big failures and surprise successes marked 2012 for the games industry. Continue Reading 10 min
Writer McComb isn’t worried about the lack of the Planescape license for the new Torment game Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 20, 2012 2 min No license? No problem. Colin McComb is excited about his new setting for the Planescape: Torment followup. Continue Reading 2 min
A Planescape: Torment followup is happening Posted byby Jeff Grubb December 18, 2012 2 min The classic PC role-playing game is finally getting a modern successor. Continue Reading 2 min
Developers team up with scientists to help make ‘smarter’ games (interview) Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes October 26, 2012 5 min We've heard of developers hiring economists and military consultants for their games before, so why not scientists, too? Continue Reading 5 min
Breaking: OnLive confirms it will not be closing down, sells assets [update #4] Posted byby GamesBeat August 17, 2012 2 min Rumors are swirling around that cloud-gaming company/platform OnLive is closing its doors. But OnLive says otherwise... Continue Reading 2 min
Ouya surpasses its funding goal on Kickstarter by $7.6M Posted byby GamesBeat August 9, 2012 2 min Ouya has raised nearly $8.6M in support of its free-to-play, Android-based console. Continue Reading 2 min
Wasteland 2: The apocalypse doesn’t look so bad (first screenshot) Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes July 21, 2012 2 min Brian Fargo's Wasteland franchise moves forward with the release of an early screenshot from the upcoming Wasteland 2. Continue Reading 2 min
Kickstarter gives game developers control over their destinies Posted byby GamesBeat July 11, 2012 3 min Developers are learning that they can go to their fans, not merely the big publishers, to obtain funding for their games. Continue Reading 3 min
Origin offers 90 days of free distribution to successful Kickstarter games Posted byby GamesBeat May 18, 2012 1 min By taking advantage of EA's generosity, crowd-funded games will have a chance to reach Origin's growing audience of more than 12 million users worldwide. Continue Reading 1 min
GamesBeat 2012 panel will feature Kickstarter crowdfunding lessons Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 30, 2012 2 min We’re pleased to announce that we’ll have a panel on crowdfunding, one of the biggest changes to the funding of video game production that... Continue Reading 2 min