14-year-old programmer creates iPhone game to help predict the 2012 election
A teenager made an iPhone game that taps into America's divisive political climate and its love of mascots.
Pitfall! designer looking for $900K on Kickstarter for new Jungle Adventure
The creator of Pitfall! is jumping onto the crowdfundng money train to oversee a new jungle-adventure title for PC and Mac.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard hacked, Nividia earnings rise, and more bad news for Zynga
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Ouya surpasses its funding goal on Kickstarter by $7.6M
Ouya has raised nearly $8.6M in support of its free-to-play, Android-based console.
Nancy Drew gamemaker turns to Kickstarter for mobile versions
Her Interactive has been making Nancy Drew mystery games on the PC for a long time, but to jumpstart its transition to smartphone and tablet games, the game maker has turned to a crowdfunding effort via Kickstarter.
Oh, yeah, Ouya gets (even more) media: XBMC and TuneIn
The most successful crowdfunded project ever continues to gain steam and announce partnerships.
Robotoki’s Robert Bowling talks Ouya, Human Element game (interview)
Bowling's studio, Robotoki, is the first to commit to creating exclusive content for the Ouya console.
Wasteland 2: The apocalypse doesn’t look so bad (first screenshot)
Brian Fargo's Wasteland franchise moves forward with the release of an early screenshot from the upcoming Wasteland 2.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Tom Hanks, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, game startups in Estonia, and more
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.
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.