Halo 5’s Forge map-making tool is coming to Windows 10 — without the full game
The Halo series of first-person shooters left the PC back in 2004, but 343 Industries is bringing a key component to Windows 10: the...
Plays tv touts growth that’s better than Instagram and Snapchat after its first year of PC gaming recording
Sometimes, people just want to watch a highlight of an esports match instead of a whole tournament. Plays.tv, a site that enables people to...
Forge expands its video-capturing tech to include Twitch and YouTube broadcasting
Gaming is one of the biggest categories for video on the Internet, and a new startup is stepping up to make it easier than...
Forge raises $4.5M to make editing and sharing gameplay clips easy
Twitch and YouTube rule livestreaming and gameplay video. But one company sees a market for people who want to share smaller clips, and it’s...
Halo 5: Guardians will have a new Forge editor for user-created maps
You’re not just getting a new Halo this holiday. You’re getting a new Forge system, too. Halo 5: Guardians will have a new Forge...
ARM launches Enlighten 3 global illumination tool for games
A stunning Subway demo shows how global illumination brings more realistic lighting and shadows to games.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Sound Shapes, Penny Arcade, and Mists of Pandaria
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.
Forge ditches the level grind in favor of skill-based fantasy combat (hands-on preview)
The upcoming PC game Forge borrows the player-versus-player combat from massively multiplayer online role-playing games and shoves it into the spotlight.