OnLive to launch cloud games in UK in September
OnLive is launching its cloud gaming service for the United Kingdom on Sept. 22. This is the the first major international expansion for the...
Happy Cloud joins crowded games-on-demand market
The latest entrant in the crowded games-on-demand market is Happy Cloud, a startup that lets you stream games to your computer so you can...
Reflections on GamesBeat 2011 and the road ahead in mobile games
Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week, and here’s what you missed. As I noted in a preview story on mobile games, the conference was...
Cloud-based video games will put pirates out of business
Ever wonder what the gaming world would be like without pirates? That future isn’t too far away, thanks to the advent of cloud-based gaming...
OnLive CEO says his pet wireless project has sub-millisecond latency
The head of streaming game service OnLive, Steve Perlman, said his new wireless data transmission technology will be so fast that the latency will...
17 reasons to attend GamesBeat 2011
We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2011. But here’s a summary of why we think this will be...
Gaikai scores a whopper of a game distribution deal with Walmart.com (exclusive)
Game-streaming startup Gaikai has scored a major deal to stream high-quality video games for Walmart.com, the online division of the world’s biggest retailer, VentureBeat...
Redbox jumps into video game rentals
Redbox, which runs several kiosks in stores that let individuals rent movie DVDs at cheap rates, announced Thursday that it is introducing video game...
This year’s coolest technology at E3
With the video game industry’s largest trade show over, it’s time to wrap up some of the highlights. Here’s a look at some of...
VentureBeat’s top 10 holiday gift ideas: affordable and fun gadgets that work
The holiday selling season is about to kick off and, slow economy or not, tech gadgets are going to be high on the wish...