GamesBeat weekly roundup: DICE Summit news and more
Here’s some of the stories that ran only on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more stories exclusively on the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat now,...
Valve’s Gabe Newell offers update on Steam security breach
Back in November, we learned that Valve’s online game-distribution service, Steam, had suffered a security breach. A letter to Steam users from co-founder and...
Ninja Gaiden’s creator Itagaki pleads for game designers to create titles that change lives
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Tomonobu Itagaki was at the top of his game. The legendary Japanese game design leader of Team...
Call of Duty Elite: It’s not a douche move — Activision Publishing CEO Eric Hirshberg
Eric Hirshberg, chief executive of Activision Publishing, talked about the role that creative people should play in making decisions about running a video game...
AIAS game of the year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim takes home the top honor
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim took home the award for game of the year today from the prestigious Academy of Interactive Sciences. The Interactive...
Double Fine Adventure shatters Kickstarter record with $1M raised in first 24 hours (updated)
Updated at 4:30pm PST for record $1 million amount. Earlier this week, crowd-funding site Kickstarter set a new record when the Elevation iPhone Dock...
Activision Blizzard earnings: Diablo III to debut in Q2, 2012
During Activision Blizzard’s earnings call to analysts today, the publisher revealed that the long-awaited action-role-playing game Diablo 3 will be coming out the second...
Epic’s Tim Sweeney predicts the next 20 years in gaming technology
As chief executive of Gears of War developer Epic Games, Tim Sweeney has been on the forefront of video game graphics for a couple...
Activision Blizzard earnings: Call of Duty Elite snares 7M subscribers
Activision Blizzard reported today that its new Call of Duty Elite social network service for hardcore gamers has signed up 7 million subscribers since...
Activision Blizzard earnings: World of Warcraft resists the assault from EA’s Star Wars
Activision Blizzard has beaten earnings expectations for its third fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, and its major cash cow is still holding up....