Face the Fans lets you play against ‘celebrities’ online
If you dream of playing video games against celebrities, your lucky star is shining...as long as you have a pretty loose definition of "celebrity."
Zynga’s 1.8 trillion minutes and other cool facts about the game industry
In honor of our fourth annual GamesBeat conference starting on Tuesday, we've dug out an interesting set of facts and numbers about the game industry.
Betable’s potential jackpot: Bringing real gambling to social casino games
Betable hopes to disrupt social casino games by enabling real-money online gambling in social gaming titles.
5th Planet taps into your inner Gambit in Legacy of Heroes (exclusive)
5th Planet's latest free-to-play game brings a stable of comic industry veterans to the table.
Chartboost, TinyCo partnership seeks to ‘boost’ game development on Kindle Fire
Chartboost and TinyCo are launching a program to fuel the creation of games on Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet. The endorsement shows that the Kindle...
June retail video game sales expected to be a dud
U.S. video game sales for the month of June are expected to be down 34 percent compared to a year ago, according to a...
New gaming crowdfunding site Gamesplanet Lab vets projects for quality
Independent digital distributor Gamesplanet has teamed up with Ulule, an European crowdfunding site, to create Gamesplanet Lab, a new, gaming-focused funding platform.
Heihachi and Toro announced for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
At EVO 2012, SuperBot Entertainment announced two new characters for their upcoming PlayStation-centric fighting game.
Activision announces first-person shooter based off The Walking Dead TV show
The new game will be based off of the AMC TV show, with players following the adventures of Merle and Daryl Dixon.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Spelunky, Sony buys Gaikai, and the Walking Dead
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.