The Last of Us demo shows brutal, dramatic survivalist combat
Naughty Dog showed off its highly anticipated PlayStation 3 game, The Last of Us today. The game is one of the biggest titles of the...
How a lucky fan became an Uncharted character
We all love to use our imaginations to insert ourselves into our favorite video games. Well, Jeremy "Spyder" Gallant won't have to fantasize about being in Uncharted anymore.
Former Xbox 360 exec’s $1B pain and advice to entrepreneurs
The former president of Microsoft's gaming and devices division spoke to a captive audience about how to create entrepreneurial projects within a larger company. During that talk, he touched on the Xbox 360's early troubles and how that affected him personally.
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.
Vita sales struggle in a new, tablet-ruled world
Sony has sold 1.8 million Vitas, its newest handheld system that launched last February in North America and last December in Japan, worldwide during the 2011 fiscal year, which ended on March 31. Meanwhile, Apple sold almost 12 million iPads in early 2012.
Game News Roundup: Sony loses billions and Microsoft ponders Kinect-controlled internet browsing
Sony's PlayStation division loses $2.8 billion over the full year, and Microsoft is working on Kinect-controlled internet browsing for the Xbox 360.
Sony considering autostereoscopic display that adjusts to user’s position
Sony wants to improve 3D displays by having them adjust according to the viewer's distance from the screen.
Starhawk developers learned from social games that “analytics is king” (interview)
It isn’t easy to move to a new city, launch a new studio, and create a new game at the same time. But LightBox...
Electronic Arts commits $80 million to next-gen console development
In a call with investment analysts today, Electronic Arts chief executive John Riccitiello reported that his company is investing $80 million in what he...
Journey designer: PlayStation Network players “more likely to be interested in artistic games” than 360 or Wii
Journey lead designer Jenova Chen told GamesBeat why he prefers working with Sony. It has everything to do with the audience that he wishes to reach with his work.