The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012
The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.
Angry Birds Star Wars tests just how far those funny birds can fly (interview)
Rovio is figuring out how it will reach its next billion game downloads -- and how to become a huge entertainment brand.
Jedi, fedoras, and carpal tunnel: A history of LucasArts
What if LucasArts never existed? What if the irascible filmmaker, beloved (and despised) the world over for his invaluable contributions to the pop-culture lexicon, had stuck to making space operas and juvenile fantasies about archeologists in fedora hats? What if George Lucas never entered the arena of gaming 30 years ago?
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney buys LucasArts/Lucasfilm, Halo 4 reviewed, and Valve dislikes Windows 8
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.
Disney’s recent history suggests it might not be ‘business as usual’ at LucasArts for long
The Walt Disney Company hasn't spent much time producing high-end games recently and instead focuses on a mobile and social strategy. It's admitted it wants to do the same with Star Wars.
Disney buys LucasArts alongside Lucasfilm (updated)
The multimedia giant just purchased one of the biggest properties in all of entertainment.
Rovio: Star Wars Angry Birds ‘is the best Angry Birds we’ve ever done’
Rovio and Lucasfilm have officially partnered to bring the anger-prone fowl to Tatooine, the Death Star, and more. The developer will also have Angry Birds Star Wars merchandise in retailers by the end of the month.
Lucasfilm teams with social media startups to create giant charity run
How’s this for a mega geek fest? Lucasfilm is teaming up with three social media startups to create the Course of the Force, a...
Zynga to add Indiana Jones to Adventure World game
Starting Tuesday, Zynga will add the Indiana Jones character to its Adventure World game on Facebook. As we noted earlier, Zynga has a distinct...