GamesBeat weekly roundup: Sound Shapes, Penny Arcade, and Mists of Pandaria
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.
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...
Alex St. John’s Magi.com launches social gaming hub (exclusive)
Alex St. John is back. The former president of social network Hi5 sold off the struggling service to Tagged in December. But now he is...
Diablo co-creator’s quest for “the $20 AAA game” (exclusive interview)
It is the highly anticipated sequel to a million-selling action role-playing game, brimming with monsters and loot – and we’re not talking about Diablo...
DeanBeat: Game companies went on a $2.8B buying spree in 2011
The social and mobile games gold rush inspired lots of investments in 2011, as venture capitalists tried to find the next Zynga. But the...
Korean and Chinese online gaming giants join in an alliance
Two major Asian online game companies are forming an alliance. South Korea’s Nexon (recently relocated to Japan) and China’s Perfect World are teaming up...
China’s Perfect World game operator to invest $100M in venture capital fund
Perfect World, one of the largest online game operators in China and east Asia, announced today that it will invest $100 million in a...