17 reasons to go to GamesBeat 2012
We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2012. But here’s a summary of why we think this is the...
Beatles legend Paul McCartney is working on music for former Halo dev Bungie
Celebrated musician Paul McCartney is working with Bugie Studio to create original music.
EA goes after CityVille with today’s launch of SimCity Social
In a bid to unseat Zynga’s CityVille game on Facebook, Electronic Arts has launched SimCity Social today. The new city-building simulation game represents the culmination of...
What happened to the horror in survival horror?
In their attempts to reach a wider audience, survival-horror video game developers could be ruining what made their games great in the first place: the horror.
The DeanBeat: Zynga battles to dominate the red ocean, not the blue
Will the red ocean strategy work for Zynga? The sharks are in the water as the social game giant goes head-on against competitors.
Meet the judges for our GamesBeat 2012 ‘Who’s Got Game’ game-startup competition
We’d like to formally introduce our judges for the Who’s Got Game contest for the industry’s best game startup. They include: Ann Burkett is...
New institute gets $10M to gamify education for kids
The game industry and nonprofits are teaming up to create a video game design lab that will do research on engaging students and measuring...
Pocket Gems launches All Talk voice-based mobile game
With hundreds of thousands of mobile games available on smartphones, innovating isn’t that easy. But Pocket Gems hopes to stand out from the crowd...
Zynga rolls out new games for casino, arcade, and mobile — are they clones?
Zynga announced several new games at its Unleashed event today in San Francisco. These games aren’t likely to do much for the company’s reputation...
Zynga’s latest Facebook game takes Electronic Arts’ Sims Social head-on
The Ville is Zynga's latest social Facebook game allowing players to build virtual homes and gardens. It's also the company's answer to Electronic Arts' The Sims Social.