The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012
The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.
Rumor: Xbox ‘Durango’ specs leaked with built-in Kinect functionality?
At this point, most of us are willing to put our money on Microsoft and Sony announcing their upcoming consoles at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), an annual game industry trade show held in Los Angeles.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney Infinity, torsos, and violence in video games
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.
German Facebook page leaks possible Star Wars 1313 release info (UPDATED)
Sony may have revealed a release date and platform for Star Wars 1313 on a German Facebook page.
Poll: Tell us what you want in a next-gen console
If the PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox are real, 2013 is the best time to unveil them.
PlayStation Vita’s Wake-up Club is your new social alarm clock
Sony's Wake-up Club app helps you start your day by making getting out of bed fun and rewarding.
We should inspire game developers to create alternatives to violent entertainment
The carrot of encouraging more creativity will work better than the stick of banning violent video games.
Journey gets 11 nominations for the Oscars of gaming
What do the film Life of Pi and the video game Journey share in common? A considerable number of award nominations.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: THQ, GameStick, and Project Shield
This week, Nvidia unveiled its new mobile gaming platform Project Shield, the itty-bitty Android console GameStick gets in trouble on Kickstarter, and developer and...
Agawi’s cloud-gaming service headed to Android-powered smart TVs
Agawi came from an anagram for “any game anywhere instantly,” and the cloud-streaming service is working to make that happen. Agawi announced a partnership with Marvell today to get the Agawi CloudPlay service running on Android-powered smart televisions.