GOG is getting into ‘early access’ and doing it differently than Steam
GOG used to stand for “good old games.” Now, that name really doesn’t work since it has begun selling games that are so new they...
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot sees big opportunity in the console transition (interview)
Ubisoft CEO believes good properties -- the games -- are the key to lengevity in the game business.
Valve opens Early Games portal on Steam
Indie developers can now sell access to their ongoing betas through Steam.
Ubisoft welcomes third-party games on its Uplay digital distribution portal
Ubisoft will sell 25 third-party games from a dozen publishers.
EA’s Origin service for Mac goes into alpha — coming in February [update]
Valve's Steam service and the Mac App Store must be trembling in fear right now.
Happy Cloud teams up with AMD for connected TV games
Cloud-gaming firm Happy Cloud plans to work with Advanced Micro Devices to bring games-on-demand to connected TVs. Under the partnership, Happy Cloud will give...
GameStop aims to build PC game sales with new digital games
In a bid to expand PC hardcore game sales, top game retailer GameStop is launching a new digital PC game purchase method that gamers...
Gaikai scores a whopper of a game distribution deal with Walmart.com (exclusive)
Game-streaming startup Gaikai has scored a major deal to stream high-quality video games for Walmart.com, the online division of the world’s biggest retailer, VentureBeat...
GameStop retail giant opens a store on Facebook
Video game retail giant GameStop has opened up a store to sell games on its Facebook fan page. The store will sell physical games...
Retailer GameStop buys its way into digital distribution of games
GameStop is the world’s biggest retailer of video games with 6,670 stores in 17 countries. But the company is hedging its bets when it...