The view from CES: The top 10 trends in technology for 2012
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a huge festival of gadgetry, but there’s no better place to get a bead on where technology is...
Interview, photos and video reveal how an impressive Left 4 Dead fan film was made (exclusive)
Northern Five Entertainment and Airsoft GI recently released their joint Left 4 Dead short film to the world. Sporting Hollywood-level production values but produced...
How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social game powerhouse
Update: This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon’s Kindle bookstore. Zynga has turned the video game world upside down in...
Get the e-book of “Xbox: The Making of a Bad-Ass Machine”
To mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Xbox, VentureBeat’s lead games writer Dean Takahashi wrote an epic two-part story on the history of the...
The making of the Xbox: Microsoft’s journey to the next generation (part 2)
Update: Don’t like page breaks? This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle. Editor’s note: This story is the...
The making of the Xbox: How Microsoft unleashed a video game revolution (part 1)
Update: This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle for your reading comfort. Editor’s note: This story is the...
Can a single game reach a billion players?
A growing number of game visionaries are saying a single game can reach a billion people. That idea has become a cause célèbre, providing a...
After three pivots, Playhaven finds a niche in monetizing mobile apps
Playhaven started life as a gamer’s social network. Then it morphed into making communities for mobile games. Now, after its third pivot, the company...
Otoy’s cloud tools can render stunningly realistic video (exclusive)
Filmmakers and game creators would love to create animations so realistic that they look like they were produced inside a Star Trek Holodeck, the...