Akamon Entertainment raises $3.65M for “internationalizing” social games
The company was last year's winner of our Who's Got Game contest for the best gaming startup.
John Spinale navigates Disney’s push into social gaming (interview)
A talk with John Spinale, Disney Interactive's head of social games, at GamesBeat 2012.
The DeanBeat: What GamesBeat 2012 tells us about the road ahead in gaming
We had a great time at our well-attended GamesBeat 2012 conference last week talking about the road ahead in games and the Crossover Era. Here’s...
Zynga’s Mark Pincus discusses how mobile could disrupt the game industry (video interview)
Zynga chief Mark Pincus isn't shy about expressing his opinion -- especially at our MobileBeat/GamesBeat 2012 conference last week. Here's the video.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Angry Birds, the Ouya console, and Penny Arcade’s ad-free gambit
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.
GamesBeat 2012 roundup: The Crossover Era, Ouya, the iPad as this generation’s console
The GamesBeat 2012 conference called on speakers from the hottest mobile, social, PC, and console companies to debate new ways to stay on pace with changing consumer tastes and platforms. Here is a collection of the stories out of this year's event.
Xbox co-creator recruits arcade-game “dream team” to make iPad and iPhone games (interview)
Seamus Blackley, president of Innovative Leisure and co-creator of the Xbox, has assembled a "dream team" of old Atari game designers and assigned them to work with young programmers to develop new arcade-like games for Apple iPads, iPhones and iPod Touches.
Even Will Wright’s PowerPoint slides are fascinating
Legendary game designer Will Wright is so cool that even his PowerPoints are fascinating.
Social gaming startup Akamon claims top prize in our ‘Who’s Got Game’ competition
Marketing local, social, and casino games to underserved markets in Latin America and Southern Europe net Akamon the top prize.