Angry Birds Space introduces the age of the mobile game blockbuster
With 10 million downloads in three days, Angry Birds Space has vaulted the mobile-game business into the stratosphere of bona fide entertainment blockbusters. It’s...
After Modern Warfare 3 outage, Activision offers fans a perk
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 servers on Xbox Live went down, spoiling the Friday night entertainment plans for millions of fans. But the...
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...
The DeanBeat: Video games can be about love, not just violence
For decades, the dominant theme in video games has been violence. That’s not surprising, since violent competitions have been dominant in culture for thousands...
Are casino games hot? Mobile Deluxe thinks so (exclusive)
Mobile Deluxe is launching its Big Win Blackjack game today on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. In any other time, that wouldn’t be...
Blizzard launches World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta
Blizzard Entertainment has begun beta testing for the next World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria. Annual Pass holders, the media, fansites, friends and...
The next Ghost Recon has great team play, but graphics need work (preview)
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier is Ubisoft’s big release this year in the third-person shooter market. The video game is one of the...
The Art of Video Games on display at the Smithsonian
People have been discussing whether video games are art for a long time. Are games merely entertainment, a diversion? Or are they an artistic...
Wargaming.net lead designer expects massive aerial clashes in World of Warplanes (interview)
Wargaming.net has earned its stripes in PC gaming. Known for the Massive Assault series, Order of War and other titles, the PC development has...
Free-to-play games catching MMO subscribers’ attention (and wallets)
The successful launch of Star Wars: The Old Republic notwithstanding, the business model of mandatory subscriptions for massively multiplayer online (MMO) games seems to...