Badgeville raises $25M to break out from the pack in gamification
Buzzword or not, gamification, or the use of game-like rewards to engage customers and employees, is getting real. Badgeville, the creator of a popular...
Xbox Live finally gets an Amazon Instant Video app
Amazon will now offer its streaming Instant Video service to Xbox 360 owners via a brand new app that was released today. The move...
THQ attempting creative math to maintain NASDAQ listing
THQ hopes to maintain its NASDAQ listing by reducing the number of outstanding shares in a reverse stock split. The company will propose this maneuver to its shareholders at a meeting on June 29.
How I survived the real zombie apocalypse (gallery)
Drawing on a rich heritage of horror movies and games, such as Dawn of the Dead, Resident Evil and Left 4 Dead, Zed Events has crafted a unique 'real life' zombie experience in the UK that is the stuff of nightmares.
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
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.
Facebook games now playing in News Feed and Timeline
Leave it to Facebook to invent yet another way to keep us all glued to the site. The social network has made the status...
Google enters the content business: Machinima closes $35M round
Machinima has raised a fat $35 round of funding led by search engine giant Google, the company confirmed yesterday. News of Machinima’s new funding...
APB Reloaded admin lets hacking victim decide hacker’s fate
An APB Reloaded player reports his account got hacked in an official forum post. The aftermath offers a surprising (yet strangely fitting) twist.
Diablo III servers down for “emergency maintenance” on launch day (updated)
The long-awaited Diablo III from Blizzard Entertainment has suffered severe technical issues upon its official launch at 12:01 a.m. earlier this morning. Thousands of...
Nvidia poised to change gaming with cloud graphics chips
Nvidia announced today that it has created unique features in its Kepler-based graphics chips that could make cloud-based gaming much more practical. The company...