Categories Posted inin Technology Wikipad: The company (and tablet) that’s bringing console gaming to Android (exclusive) Posted byby GamesBeat August 10, 2012 8 min There are tablets, and then there’s a gaming tablet. The Wikipad, an Android handheld that promised to be the first mobile device with a... Continue Reading 8 min
Categories Posted inin Business Game developers hate Windows 8, Microsoft responds Posted byby GamesBeat August 8, 2012 4 min Microsoft is hard at work trying to sell the idea of Windows 8 as a great gaming platform, but some developers are still not convinced. Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Development Game designer crosses over from making Halo games to Zynga’s social games — he’s never going back (interview) Posted byby GamesBeat August 6, 2012 17 min Jim Veevaert has crossed over from making games like Halo 3 to Zynga's social games like Ruby Blast. He says he's never going back. Continue Reading 17 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: MMO troubles, virtual reality, gaming, and slow Vita sales Posted byby GamesBeat August 3, 2012 2 min Missed the latest news on GamesBeat? Here's a list of the stories we ran over the past week. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Bing Rewards earns you Microsoft Points, but not when you use it on an Xbox 360 Posted byby Giancarlo Valdes August 1, 2012 1 min How many people actually use Bing, anyway? Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business 26,000 developers sign up for PC motion-controlling gadget Leap Posted byby GamesBeat July 31, 2012 1 min Leap Motion released statistics today demonstrating high interest in its motion-controlling PC peripheral. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Leaked pictures of the next Xbox’s developmental kit, codenamed Durango Posted byby Mike Minotti July 30, 2012 1 min Thanks to leaked pictures of a dev kit, we have some real evidence that developers are working on games for the next Microsoft console. Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Deadlight sets a poetic survival-horror tone but stumbles with melodramatic writing (review) Posted byby GamesBeat July 30, 2012 3 min Take on hordes of shambling, inexorable zombies in a moody, 1986 Seattle, but don't count on great voice acting or stellar dialogue. Continue Reading 3 min
Categories Posted inin Business GamesBeat weekly roundup: Gamescape 2012, a history of Batman in video games, and Donkey Kong’s failing liver Posted byby GamesBeat July 27, 2012 2 min 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. Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft wants to make Wii Music HD Posted byby GamesBeat July 26, 2012 2 min Microsoft could make a Wii Music-like experience for the Xbox, thanks to Kinect. Continue Reading 2 min