Minecraft-like first-person shooter heads to Steam in December
The prototype of first-person shooter Ace of Spades already has 500,000 monthly players. Now, developer Jagex is helping prepare the game for a final release.
See how games both big and small are celebrating Halloween!
How are games -- both big and small -- celebrating Halloween? We'll show you, but first let's split up to go investigate that strange noise!
From games to your home: These artists give sprites new dimension
Five artists interpret classic video games in different ways, but they all work with the same basic form: 8-bit sprites.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kixeye opens up about racism allegations, OnLive assets sold for $4.8 million
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.
Linden Lab grabs its second life with creativity games
Linden Lab is releasing new "shared creative spaces" outside of its Second Life virtual world.
The best Minecraft mod is the one we live in
Developer Mojang is using its most popular game to improve people's lives in the real world.
Epic! World of Warcraft completely re-created in Minecraft
24GBs and 68 billion blocks later, Azeroth has made its way to Minecraft.
Notch to Callaham: ‘Thanks for the personal attack’ (UPDATED)
Neowin.net writer John Callaham struck a nerve last Friday, when he wrote an open letter to Marcus "Notch" Persson and called him a hypocrite.
Minecraft creator refuses Windows 8 certification, tells Microsoft to ‘stop trying to ruin the PC’
In spite of the fact that Minecraft has more than 42 million registered gamers and at least 7.5 million paying customers, don't expect it to hit the Windows Store any time soon.