Playboy's Miss October talks about gamer stereotypes and breaking into the game business Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 20, 2012 6 min Miss October wants to be a plain old video game character designer. Continue Reading 6 min
Why Activision is making Call of Duty Elite into a free service (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 15, 2012 2 min Eric Hirshberg, chief executive of Activision Publishing, answers GamesBeat's questions about the changes to the Call of Duty Elite service. Continue Reading 2 min
Medal of Honor: Warfighter focuses on buddies and international warriors to boost multiplayer audience (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 11, 2012 5 min Medal of Honor Warfighter's multiplayer will let you battle as a soldier from special forces units from 12 different countries. Continue Reading 5 min
Kixeye CEO says his company is aggressive, but not racist (exclusive interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 7, 2012 6 min Will Harbin says he extinguished a "micro culture" that had exhibited embarrassing and offensive conduct in the wake of a contractor's claims that he was subjected to racial discrimination. Continue Reading 6 min
Dead or Alive 5 director discusses Hollywood, eSports, and tips for beginners (interview) Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes October 6, 2012 4 min Yohei Shimbori discusses just what it took to bring back a proper Dead or Alive fighting game after a seven year absence. Continue Reading 4 min
How Toys for Bob turned Activision into a giant toy company with Skylanders (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 5, 2012 10 min Paul Reiche, the head of the Toys for Bob game studio, is an overnight star (after decades of work) as the creator of the Skylanders franchise. Continue Reading 10 min
How animators bring Skylanders Giants to life (video interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 5, 2012 2 min Paul Yan leads a team of five animators at the Toys for Bob studio. They bring the Skylanders game characters to life. Continue Reading 2 min
The Facebook game platform: Anyone can rise to the top of the charts (interview part two) Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 29, 2012 6 min Is Facebook fair as a platform? Sean Ryan, head of game partnerships at Facebook, says the charts tell us that it is. Continue Reading 6 min
Blizzard Entertainment president talks pandas, campers, and launch problems (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat September 28, 2012 9 min Will 2012 leave a permanent mark on Blizzard Entertainment's enviable track record? Continue Reading 9 min
Sony exec: PlayStation Plus took off once we realized ‘gamers want games’ (interview) Posted byby Jeff Grubb September 28, 2012 3 min Sony's executive in charge of digital talked with GamesBeat about PlayStation Network and the PlayStation Plus services. Continue Reading 3 min