Kip Katsarelis on designing the next SimCity (interview)
Kip Katsarelis is lead producer for the new SimCity game Electronic Arts’ Maxis studio is developing. We recently made the trek to Emeryville, Calif.,...
An in-depth preview of SimCity reveals an intricately crafted experience
Inside the Maxis studio in Emeryville, Calif., the next SimCity is taking shape. The new game won’t debut until 2013, but Electronic Arts recently...
Troubled U.K. retailer Game closes 277 stores
Video game retailer Game Group has gone into administration (a form of bankruptcy in Britain) today with 277 of its 600 U.K. and Ireland...
One gamer’s heartfelt letter on why Mass Effect 3’s ending ruined everything
The Mass Effect 3 ending controversy has spread far and wide since the game’s March 6 release. The reaction has polarized the entire gaming...
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...
Gamers held the line: Mass Effect 3 ending is being addressed
Mass Effect 3 should have been a momentous moment for gaming, truly something to celebrate; not just for the countless gamers who have deeply...
EA server shutdowns another example of why online passes are a bad idea (editorial)
Video game publisher Electronic Arts recently announced it is pulling the plug on servers for nearly a dozen games whose player base has shrunk....
EA reveals Mass Effect 3 multiplayer stats (infographic)
Electronic Arts has released an infographic showing off the first round of stats for Mass Effect 3’s multiplayer mode. Players have already accumulated 1,800...
Kixeye quietly makes big bucks on hardcore Facebook games
At first glance, Kixeye looks puny as a social gaming company on Facebook. It has only 4.6 million users compared to Zynga‘s more than 240 million monthly...
New revelations in The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3 app for the iPad
Spike TV GTTV game TV show host Geoff Keighley has released an iPad app dubbed The Final Hours of Mass Effect 3. In it,...