Benchmark’s Mitch Lasky: Game publishers will evolve or die (interview)
What does one of the world's most successful and active game investors think of the future of the medium?
Hidden Path Entertainment places the fate of Defense Grid 2 in the fans’ wallets (interview)
We interview Jeff Pobst, CEO of Hidden Path Entertainment, on their decision to look to the fans for support in creating Defense Grid 2.
Zynga’s David Ko: Crossing over into mobile is the path to a billion gamers (interview)
Mark Pincus wants Zynga to reach a billion players. Facebook has been good to Zynga over the past five years, but the social network...
CCP’s David Reid says Dust 514 heralds a new free-to-play era on consoles (interview)
Our interview with CCP Games chief marketing officer David Reid details the free-to-play business model of its upcoming console shooter Dust 514, its tie-ins with the massively multiplayer PC title Eve Online, and the challenges faced in balancing and marketing another shooter for a console audience.
APB Reloaded: Turning a game that killed a studio into a 3-million-user success (interview)
APB Reloaded is proving that positive reviews and long-term success don't necessarily go hand-in-hand, as it flies in the face of criticism from the gaming press and continues to gain new users on a near day-to-day basis.
The Witcher developer CD Projekt RED wants to set new standards with Cyberpunk (interview)
We chatted with Polish video game developer CD Projekt RED at this year's E3 about their upcoming RPG Cyberpunk.
Harvest Moon creator wants to spread happiness with his new game
Yasuhiro Wada wants to make something new. The idea for his latest game, currently known as Project Happiness, came because the Harvest Moon creator feels that he has come up with every idea that he can for the series.
ArenaNet president discusses careful monetization of Guild Wars 2, the least greedy Western MMO
GamesBeat sat down with studio president Mike O’Brien to talk about making a sequel to the game that turned the AAA MMO model on its head.