This week could determine the fate of the digital economy
This week isn't just about Apple vs. Microsoft. It's about where technology is going.
Bad guys use fake ‘Bad Piggies’ Chrome extensions to install adware
It looks like the latest targets for malware writers are hopeful downloaders of Rovio's Bad Piggies game.
Bad Piggies is a painfully challenging departure from Angry Birds (review)
Bad Piggies is far more difficult than Angry Birds ... but is it too hard for the casual gamer?
The Facebook game platform: Anyone can rise to the top of the charts (interview part two)
Is Facebook fair as a platform? Sean Ryan, head of game partnerships at Facebook, says the charts tell us that it is.
Google’s search data reveals how the digital era has changed video game launches
In a report dubbed "Understanding the Modern Gamer," Google researchers say that players are planning, researching, and considering their video games a lot earlier.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Richard Garriott, PAX Prime 2012, and insane Japanese commercials
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Angry Birds ride their bicycle in support of annual AIDS charity event
Rovio is helping to support a good cause by dressing an angry bird like a legendary rock-n-roll star.
Developers and publishers need each other now more than ever before
Any yahoo can publish a game these days. Yet today's market still demands of the specialization of the past, allowing the creator to focus on creating and the distributing to focus on marketing. And this relationship matters more now than ever before in Digital Publishing 2.0.
How Storm8 can score millions of mobile game downloads with zero marketing cost (interview)
Storm8 has bootstrapped itself into a major mobile game company. It has its detractors, but the company has a huge base of users and it moves really fast.
Goodbye, OnLive. Hello, Square Enix. Core Online service brings high-def games to browsers
Square Enix's Core Online lets you play 3D games in several different web browsers.