Papaya Mobile’s new ad-exchange program could lure new developers to the platform (interview)
Chief executive and cofounder Si Shen discusses Papaya Mobile's new mobile traffic exchange, AppFlood.
A leader on Facebook, Germany’s Wooga makes its move into mobile games
Jens Begemann still believes in Facebook, but the CEO of Wooga is also expanding into mobile social games.
Zynga insiders cashed in $516M of stock — three months before the stock cratered
Zynga insiders, including chief executive Marc Pincus, cashed out in April, selling 43 million shares for over $516 million -- just before the stock price cratered.
Valve’s Gabe Newell discusses the frontiers of gaming, from wearable technology to “tongue controllers”
Chief executive Gabe Newell talks about gaming innovations and life at Valve.
China’s Tencent marches to the West in search of kick-ass games (interviews)
GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi interviews Tencent's David Wallerstein about its approach to games in China and its investments in Western game developers.
Weaker Q2 tech earnings could make investors jittery
Earnings season starts this week for tech companies, and no one is expecting outstanding second-quarter results. If the reports turn out to be weaker...
Angry Birds follow-up Amazing Alex tops app charts after just one day
So much for the sophomore slump. Amazing Alex, publisher Rovio's follow-up to its mega-hit Angry Birds, is already claiming the top spot in Apple's app store.
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.
OnLive, Marvell seeding cloud gaming on Google TVs
OnLive says its focus is "to make the highest quality gaming accessible to everyone, anywhere, and anytime they want it."
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Spelunky, Sony buys Gaikai, and the Walking Dead
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.