GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
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.
Nexon to publish A Bit Lucky’s Lucky Space in South Korea (exclusive)
Nexon, the online gaming giant that went public in December, plans to publish A Bit Lucky‘s Lucky Space social game in Korea. The move is...
EA stock spikes on rumor that Nexon will buy it (not likely)
Shares of Electronic Arts rose today on a rumor that Japan’s Nexon has made a bid to purchase EA. The odd thing is that...
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat 2012 to focus on crossover strategies
GamesBeat 2012 is going to be all about crossover strategies. The game industry as we know it is changing. We’re seeing established companies cross...
The DeanBeat: The top 12 trends from the GDC
Too often, I flit from one conference to another like a wayward butterfly, trying to catch up with all the news. But the Game...
Nexon’s Daniel Kim plots move into social and mobile games
For the better part of a decade, Korea’s Nexon has been making online games that users can start playing for free. If they want,...
Meteor Entertainment raises $10M to fund Hawken online mech game (exclusive)
Meteor Entertainment has raised $10 million in a bid to launch a downloadable online game called Hawken. Aimed at hardcore gamers who battle each other...
The Facebook gaming boom is fizzling out, analyst firm says
Facebook's gaming boom has come to an end, according to a report from IHS Screen Digest Media Research. The subject is open to debate and players such as Facebook and Zynga will no doubt dispute this. But IHS Screen Digest has put together an argument that will likely get a lot of attention, as games such as those made by Zynga have driven the growth of the social network...
Your odds of staying married in Maplestory may be better than in real life
Marriage in online role-playing game Maplestory is serious business. Just ask some of the folks who found themselves marrying other players in the game,...
Nexon invades Zynga’s turf with plan to launch Kart Rider on Facebook
Nexon and Zynga are dueling to be the darlings of the new game industry. Nexon got big with free-to-play online games that you download...