Rovio reveals Angry Birds: Star Wars II with physical-toy gameplay mechanic
Rovio wants to make Angry Birds: Star Wars II the Skylanders of mobile.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Ex-Windows boss takes over Xbox, Shigeru Miyamoto teases new project
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.
Hasbro’s new studio cannot make G.I. Joe, Transformers, or D&D games
Hasbro's previous deals with DeNA and Mobage will prevent Backflip from working on certain properties.
Cloudrobots uppercuts its competition by using real toys (video)
Cloudrobots brings toys and games together for a 21st century version of Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots.
Startup puts gamers to work raising money for charity
Game It Forward has developed a model that will allow players to donate to their favorite charities just by playing a game.
Online brands move to real world as Hasbro launches line of Zynga-branded board games
Can't get enough of Zynga games? Now you can play CityVille Monopoly or Words With Friends as board games.
In Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, you either change or die (review)
Transformers: Fall of Cybertron embraces the greatest strength of the Transformers brand: It's always on the move...in more ways than one.
Hasbro taps DeNA to get Transformers to play nice on the iPhone (preview)
DeNA/Ngmoco gives a first look at its mobile Transformers game.
Nintendo and Hasbro unveil “Super Smash Bronies” game (exclusive)
This month’s Game Informer cover (scanned in and sent to GamesBeat by a reader) is for Nintendo and Hasbro’s oft-rumored crossover spectacular, Super Smash...
ZeptoLab cuts deals with toymakers on Cut the Rope characters
ZeptoLab is cashing in on its Cut the Rope smartphone game — which has been downloaded more than 100 million times — by announcing...