Unity’s David Helgason on why next-gen consoles are embracing indies (interview)
Unity is cutting deals with everyone, and that's a sign that indie game developers are critical to every platform.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GDC 2013, BioShock Infinite, Battlefield 4, and women in games
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Epic Games extends Unreal Engine 4 to mobile games, creates an eye-popping next-gen demo
Unreal's cool 3D animations will scale for all devices including mobile, next-generation consoles, and high-end PCs.
Epic launches new content and a title update for Gears of War: Judgment
Epic is supporting its latest shooter with a new map and multiplayer mode.
Tecmo Koei slices off a few new details about Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z
Players won't reprise the role of Ryu Hayabusa, but they may get to kill him.
Epic Games’ alliance with Oculus VR means virtual reality gaming will be coming to you
The partnership will integrate Oculus Rift into the Unreal Development Kit, giving the virtual reality technology a chance to spread.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: EA CEO out, SimCity could have been offline, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm review
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Tencent paid $330M for 40% of Epic Games
Last year, Epic Games sold a 40 percent ownership stake to China’s Tencent, according to an interview with Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney. That...
Gears of War: Judgment takes a step toward the small-time (Review)
Gears of War: Judgment ably demonstrates what happens when a billion-dollar, triple-A franchise goes to the well once too often with too few ideas in its arsenal.
Gears of War: Judgment writers debunk the series’ dude-bro reputation (interview)
GamesBeat interviews writers Rob Auten and Tom Bissell about the story in Gears of War: Judgment, on what they think about the series' "dude-bro" image, and who their favorite new character is.