‘Star Wars’ director J.J. Abrams and game maker Gabe Newell: We’re working together on a game
Star film director and game developer talk shop in opening keynote at the DICE Summit in Las Vegas.
The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012
The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.
Life after Epic: Getting to know Cliff Bleszinski (exclusive interview, part one: his past)
Game designer Cliff Bleszinski finally takes time out of his semi-retirement to talk about his career, his past persona, Gears of War, and more.
This 22-day-old open-source Minecraft-cloning game builder runs in Javascript in your browser
Max Ogden has built a tool for creating Minecraft-like 3D games, all within a browser using JavaScript and OpenGL.
The DeanBeat: Disney starts a cross-platform toy war with Activision
The winner of these battles will carve out a transmedia empire.
Apple: ‘Want to criticize religion? Write a book’ — don’t make a game
Apple doesn't believe games are capable of social criticism. What do developers have to say about that?
The DeanBeat: Nvidia is taking big risks moving into game hardware. Is it crazy or genius?
The pros of Nvidia's Project Shield outweigh the cons, but the trade-offs are plentiful.
Nvidia CEO’s 7-year journey to make the Project Shield portable gaming device (exclusive interview)
Jen-Hsun Huang explains the thinking by Nvidia's bold new bet on Android mobile gaming and cloud games.
Apple rejects game that explores the ongoing Syrian civil war
Endgame: Syria is a strategy game based on the real war in that country.
The DeanBeat: The game industry’s calendar will be different in 2013
It's going to be a year full of interesting gaming news, from new console launches to new mobile device debuts.