Man turns an NES into the ultimate Nintendo-emulating machine (gallery)
This machine can play emulated Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Nintendo, Nintendo 64, and Game Boy games.
Indie first-person shooter Receiver brings robots, mystery, and one complicated pistol
In seven days, developer Wolfire Games constructed a first-person shooter, titled Receiver, more interesting than most of the competition. How? By restoring the “power”...
See live demos of Black Ops II, Halo 4, and more from Jimmy Fallon’s gaming week
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon hosted a whole week of live demos for some of the biggest future releases in gaming. If you actually go to bed at a reasonable hour and missed all of these segments, you can watch them all online.
Rocksmith or BandFuse? Which music game will you choose?
Learn guitar while playing video games. What's not to like? Turns out, it depends on how you like to play and learn.
GamesBeat weekly roundup
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.
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.
Steam Workshop support added to Civilization V
Turn-based strategy game Civilization V heads into the Steam Workshop which enables authors and users of custom modifications to easily publish, browse, rate, and manage mods.
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition update fixes zombie pigmen, adds auto-save
Minecraft Xbox 360 Edition has gotten a solid patch fixing or adding a number of key features.
Tony Hawk developer Neversoft answers the Call of Duty
The video game developer best known for its work on the Tony Hawk and Guitar Hero franchises is trading in its skateboards and Les Pauls for AK-47s.
Our latest round of GamesBeat 2012 speakers
VentureBeat is pleased to announce the latest speakers added to our roster for GamesBeat 2012 in San Francisco on July 10-11. We’re inviting 500 movers and...