Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo promises to ‘discuss’ new Smash Bros., 3D Mario, and Mario Kart before E3 Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 20, 2013 1 min The Japanese publisher is preparing to rely on its core titles to prop up the struggling Wii U. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Smooth McGroove quit his day job to record a capella versions of classic gaming tunes (interview) Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 18, 2013 3 min Smooth McGroove is the one-man a cappella group that loves video game music. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Defiance developer cuts staff; MMO Rift unaffected Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 17, 2013 1 min Now that Defiance is done, Trion is cutting that development team. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business EA appoints New York Times digital-product expert to its board Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 17, 2013 1 min New York Times vice president of digital product Denise Warren joins the publisher's board of directors. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Amazon taking Madden NFL 25: Annivesary Edition preorders — bundled with NFL Sunday Ticket Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 17, 2013 1 min EA's $100 special edition of Madden can save you a ton on DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket football package. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Google’s game service, EA axes online passes, and a look at The Last of Us Posted byby GamesBeat May 17, 2013 3 min If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo Direct trailer roundup: Pikmin, Sonic, Wario, and more Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 17, 2013 1 min Nintendo details its lineup of Wii U games for the next few months. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo details Pikmin 3’s plot, characters, and control schemes Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 17, 2013 2 min Nintendo is hyping up its big first-party game for the summer. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Maxthon offers an alternative browser that won’t crash while running multiple games Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 17, 2013 3 min Maxthon features smart memory management that means you can log into five accounts at once. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo brings E3 to the people … well, people who go to Best Buy Posted byby Jeff Grubb May 17, 2013 1 min Nintendo wants to give consumers a taste of E3 at over 100 Best Buy stores in North America. Continue Reading 1 min