EA’s stock price rises 5 percent on buyout rumor
Rumors that EA is on the block drove its stock price up 5 percent today.
Betable hooks a deal with Big Fish for real-money gambling in casino games
Betable will enable real-money online gambling in Big Fish Games' social casino games in the United Kingdom.
NASA scientists drive Mars rover Curiosity as if playing a 3D game
NASA's scientists have taken advantage of 3D graphics and game-like simulations to figure out how to control the rover Curiosity on the rocky Martian landscape.
14-year-old programmer creates iPhone game to help predict the 2012 election
A teenager made an iPhone game that taps into America's divisive political climate and its love of mascots.
BYOT Episode 1: Gaming’s good, bad, and downright crappy of 2012 (so far)
Here it is: the first episode of GamesBeat's official podcast, BYOT.
Wikipad: The company (and tablet) that is bringing console gaming to Android part 2 (exclusive)
In part two of our interview with Wikipad's James Bower and Fraser Townley, we learn more about this new Android tablet/game console and how they view the market, Windows 8, and Ouya.
Microsoft job listing hints at new Xbox console within 18 months
A since-removed Microsoft job listing sets an 18-month timeline for a refresh on several products, including a new Xbox console.
TheDeanBeat: Kickstarter isn’t indie gamemaker Double Fine’s only funding route
Double Fine Productions scored $3M from Kickstarter, but it also has other sources of revenue to keep its indie games in production.
Ouya surpasses its funding goal on Kickstarter by $7.6M
Ouya has raised nearly $8.6M in support of its free-to-play, Android-based console.
Zynga COO John Schappert steps down
Beset by charges of copyright infringement and insider trading, the bad news keeps rolling in for Zynga as the social game company confirms the departure of chief operating office John Schappert.