Classic shooter Rise of the Triad returns after 17 years (first screens, trailer)
Kicking off this week's QuakeCon event, Apogee Software finally made good on its talk of a modern reboot of its classic 1995 first-person shooter, Rise of the Triad.
Oculus launches Kickstarter campaign for virtual reality gaming headset
A new stereoscopic, 3D headset could soon make virtual reality in video games a, well, reality.
MAGFest: A long weekend of games, music, and heavy drinking (interview)
Nick "the newibe" Marinelli talks MAGFest: a long weekend of playing the Atari 2600 all the way through the PlayStation 3, listening to bands like Minibosses and Earthbound Papas, cosplaying, attempting game challenges, watching discussion panels featuring Sid Meier and Chris Hazard, and drinking with abandon.
IGDA chief Gordon Bellamy joins Tencent
Gordon Bellamy resigns from the largest game developer association, the IGDA, for a position with China's Tencent.
Valve’s Gabe Newell discusses the frontiers of gaming, from wearable technology to “tongue controllers”
Chief executive Gabe Newell talks about gaming innovations and life at Valve.
China’s Tencent marches to the West in search of kick-ass games (interviews)
GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi interviews Tencent's David Wallerstein about its approach to games in China and its investments in Western game developers.
BitMonster Games startup unveils a beautiful 3D iPhone game
BitMonster Games is working on Lili, a beautiful 3D mobile game.
Epic Games reveals release date and ‘Island’ map for Gears of War: Judgment (video)
The latest installment in the Gears of War series will be out next spring.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Angry Birds, the Ouya console, and Penny Arcade’s ad-free gambit
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Epic: Fortnite is the first Unreal Engine 4 game (and a PC exclusive)
Epic's upcoming zombie tower defense title utilizes the slick Unreal Engine 4 and is a PC exclusive.