Categories Posted inin Business Assassin’s Creed’s monstrous sales might explain why Ubisoft is open-world obsessed Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 21, 2014 2 min Ubisoft is planning to use its most-popular franchise as a blueprint for success across a number of genres. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business NES Remix 2 is great for players who bring the right memories (review) Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 21, 2014 5 min If you loved Super Mario Bros. 3, Metroid, and Punch-Out!!, NES Remix 2 is one of the most-efficient ways to get your fix of those classics. Continue Reading 5 min
Categories Posted inin Business How Chillingo plans to find the next Flappy Bird (interview) Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 21, 2014 9 min The EA-owned publisher of third-party games is looking for big hits. It published Angry Birds, but Flappy Bird escaped it. Continue Reading 9 min
Categories Posted inin Business Sony Online chief turns directly to gamers on Reddit and Twitch to promote his zombie apocalypse game H1Z1 Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 21, 2014 7 min The new rules of game marketing mean you have to reach gamers directly. Continue Reading 7 min
Categories Posted inin Development Who’s behind the wheel on development for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel? Everyone Posted byby GamesBeat April 20, 2014 4 min There's no easy way to draw lines between 2K Australia and Gearbox Software in terms of who's developing what for Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Got $20K? You can get the arcade machine from ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Posted byby Jeff Grubb April 18, 2014 2 min Disney only made a handful of these as part of a promotion for its 2012 animated release. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business RockYou buys three Playdom games from Disney to keep them running Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 18, 2014 3 min RockYou finds a new business in operating older social games when they otherwise might die. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Microsoft moves 5 millions Xbox Ones, Sony sells more PlayStation 4s, and FarmVille 2 hits mobile Posted byby Mike Minotti April 18, 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 7 famous actors with surprising game performances Posted byby GamesBeat April 18, 2014 4 min Here are some of the biggest shocks we've found hiding in the ending crawls of video games. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business The DeanBeat: Why gamers are lucky they got to play Titanfall Posted byby Dean Takahashi April 18, 2014 5 min A lawsuit, creative ennui, and a fracture among founders almost derailed one of the best games of 2014. Continue Reading 5 min