Categories Posted inin Business Xbox One getting Titanfall bundle on March 11 — includes game and console for $500 Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 2 min The prospect of buying an Xbox One and Titanfall just got a bit less expensive. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Entertainment Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to direct a movie about how Sega took on Nintendo Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 2 min The Sega Genesis versus the Super Nintendo was one of the earliest battles in the “console wars,” and now some filmmakers that specialize in... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Why Steam matters: Valve’s ambitious plan for the future of the PC Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 13 min A technology company in Washington state has 75 million users. It earns more profits-per-employee than Apple or Google, and its fans adore it. That... Continue Reading 13 min
Categories Posted inin Business DayZ creator plans to leave developer Bohemia Interactive Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 24, 2014 2 min Dean Hall will leave Bohemia later this year to start a new studio in his home country of New Zealand. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business The Last of Us fan makes awesome Wolf of Wall Street-style trailer Posted byby GamesBeat February 22, 2014 1 min This trailer is so good, Naughty Dog should pay attention. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business BioShock franchise isn’t dead even after Irrational closure and underwhelming Infinite sales Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2014 2 min Irrational spent five years making BioShock Infinite. The disc version of Minecraft for Xbox 360 outsold it. Now, Irrational is no more. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Irrational winds down, Harmonix makes a shooter, and where the Kickstarters are now Posted byby Mike Minotti February 21, 2014 3 min Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business Report finds free-to-play microtransactions make up 79% of U.S. app store revenues Posted byby Jeff Grubb February 21, 2014 2 min While paid apps are still performing well, the free-to-play model is growing at a huge rate around the world. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Will Eve: Valkyrie be the exclusive that Oculus Rift needs to take flight? (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 21, 2014 10 min Eve: Valkyrie started as a side project. Now it's going to be the poster child for virtual reality games. Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: What Facebook’s $16B acquisition of WhatsApp says about the rise of Asian games Posted byby Dean Takahashi February 21, 2014 3 min Will games prove to be the decisive source of monetization on mobile messaging networks? Continue Reading 3 min