Microsoft and TechStars launch Kinect startup accelerator
Microsoft has welcomed with open arms the hackers and academics who are tinkering with its Kinect motion-sensing system for the Xbox 360. Everyone from...
The DeanBeat: Building a better GamesBeat
For almost four years, we’ve been building out GamesBeat as VentureBeat’s game channel. We have held three annual GamesBeat conferences where the movers and...
Review: Kinect Disneyland Adventures is the most unique and most disappointing Kinect game yet
For the better part of five years, I worked as Disney cast member. I spent day after day learning the biggest secrets of a...
The making of the Xbox: Microsoft’s journey to the next generation (part 2)
Update: Don’t like page breaks? This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle. Editor’s note: This story is the...
Review: Despite its age, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary is a breath of fresh air
In many ways the first-person shooters of today owe a lot to the original Halo, which launched back in 2001 alongside the original Xbox...
The making of the Xbox: How Microsoft unleashed a video game revolution (part 1)
Update: This two-part series is now available as an e-book for the Amazon Kindle for your reading comfort. Editor’s note: This story is the...
Review: Kinect Sports Season 2 feels like a fumble at the goal line
When it was released alongside the Kinect last November, Kinect Sports was one of those easy purchases for a good majority of the peripheral’s...
U.S. console video games (finally) grow 1 percent in October
U.S. retail video game sales finally showed some life in October, when sales grew 1 percent from a year ago, according to market researcher...
Microsoft shifts online veteran to run Xbox marketing
Microsoft online business veteran Yusuf Mehdi will become head of marketing for the Interactive Entertainment Division that includes the Xbox game division, the company...
Xbox.com adds new Metro-style social and video sections
Microsoft is adding new social and video interface designs to its Xbox.com dashboard, which mimics the company’s upcoming metro-style UI available in Windows 8. The...