The DeanBeat: What GamesBeat 2012 tells us about the road ahead in gaming
We had a great time at our well-attended GamesBeat 2012 conference last week talking about the road ahead in games and the Crossover Era. Here’s...
Zynga’s Mark Pincus discusses how mobile could disrupt the game industry (video interview)
Zynga chief Mark Pincus isn't shy about expressing his opinion -- especially at our MobileBeat/GamesBeat 2012 conference last week. Here's the video.
Ouya’s video game console Kickstarter tops $5M raised so far (exclusive interview)
The people have spoken. And they want their Ouya. The new video game console company has raised more than $5 million in a crowd-funded Kickstarter project in just seven days.
Microsoft veteran starts PeopleFun mobile game startup (exclusive)
Game industry legend Tony Goodman, the co-creator of Age of Empires, is launching a new mobile game startup today called PeopleFun.
Teen gamer developers swarm Roblox’s hackathon conference
Roblox has become a testing ground where kids and teens build their own video games and let others play them. The virtual world has...
Angry Birds follow-up Amazing Alex tops app charts after just one day
So much for the sophomore slump. Amazing Alex, publisher Rovio's follow-up to its mega-hit Angry Birds, is already claiming the top spot in Apple's app store.
Xbox co-creator recruits arcade-game “dream team” to make iPad and iPhone games (interview)
Seamus Blackley, president of Innovative Leisure and co-creator of the Xbox, has assembled a "dream team" of old Atari game designers and assigned them to work with young programmers to develop new arcade-like games for Apple iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches.
Angry Birds creator’s new game, Amazing Alex, is out now
Amazing Alex, a new physics-based puzzle game for Android and iOS devices, it out now.
Even Will Wright’s PowerPoint slides are fascinating
Legendary game designer Will Wright is so cool that even his PowerPoints are fascinating.
Design guru Yves Béhar dishes on the Ouya console (video interview)
(About) 5 good minutes with Ouya designer Yves Béhar (video).