Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt sues Atari for failing to pay him for design of VCS console
Xbox co-creator Rob Wyatt has filed a lawsuit against Atari for failing to pay him for the design work he did in creating the...
Atari delays crowdfunded VCS console deliveries until spring
Atari said it has delayed shipment of the Atari VCS game console until the spring, the second time it’s done so for fans who...
Gameboard-1 digital board game console launches Kickstarter campaign
The Last Gameboard has launched its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the Gameboard-1, a digital board game console that blends physical, digital, and augmented reality...
Gameboard-1 will be a digital slate for your tabletop board games
Tabletop board games have made a big comeback, but they are still a bit of a hassle to deal with when it comes moving...
The Wii U’s processor speed is slower than Xbox 360 and PS3
Nintendo shows once again it doesn't care about performance.
Get the e-book of “Xbox: The Making of a Bad-Ass Machine”
To mark the 10th anniversary of Microsoft’s Xbox, VentureBeat’s lead games writer Dean Takahashi wrote an epic two-part story on the history of the...
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...
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...
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...
Otoy’s cloud tools can render stunningly realistic video (exclusive)
Filmmakers and game creators would love to create animations so realistic that they look like they were produced inside a Star Trek Holodeck, the...