Jason Citron’s Phoenix Guild prepares for the post-PC world of gaming
Jason Citron's latest venture, Phoenix Guild, lands funding, plans to build hardcore social games for tablets in the "post-PC world."
New Call of Duty: Black Ops II trailer has 12 explosions. Yes, we counted
Most people play the Call of Duty series for its addictive multiplayer action, but a new trailer for the upcoming shooter shows off the plot and over-the-top set pieces for the single player campaign.
Penny Arcade starts a Kickstarter to go ad-free
Successful video game web comic Penny Arcade wants to return to the days where they did not rely on ad revenue to run its website by calling on fans to donate to a Kickstarter campaign. If the company can raise at least 1 million, Penny Arcade will go entirely add-free.
Dean Takahashi’s opening comments for GamesBeat 2012
Welcome to our fourth annual GamesBeat conference. I’d like to thank everyone who got us here. Matt Marshall, Alicia Saribalis, Stacy Cohen, Elyssa Thorp,...
The People’s Box: Ouya launches Kickstarter for sub-$100 console
Ouya aims to create the game console that everybody wants but current vendors are afraid to make.
Scaleform expands to support game development on mobile iOS and Android devices
Autodesk is expanding its toolset for video game development on mobile devices with Scaleform.
Portalarium raises $7M for Facebook and mobile role-playing games (exclusive)
Portalarium, the social game startup headed by famous developer Richard Garriott, has raised $7 million in funding to complete development of its first title, Ultimate Collector.
Cloud gaming finally coming to South Korea (exclusive)
Playcast and cable operator CJ Hellovision to take cloud gaming service to South Korea (exclusive).
Green Man Gaming merges with gaming social network Playfire
Online gaming retailer Green Man Gaming merges with Playfire, a social network for gamers offering similar services such as Xfire and Raptr.
17 reasons to go to GamesBeat 2012
We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2012. But here’s a summary of why we think this is the...