The DeanBeat: The video game industry’s grudge matches
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to VentureBeat’s new newsletters. Each week, I’m writing a column on an aspect of gaming world that GamesBeat covers. My colleague...
Sony redesigns PlayStation Home as a social gaming hub
Sony is showing off a major redesign of PlayStation Home. The site originally launched in 2008 as a virtual world and is now becoming a...
Sony’s PlayStation Networks suffers (another) outage
Update: Sony said around 1:45 pm PST that the service was back up. The Sony PlayStation Network (PSN) suffered an outage today and the...
Review: Gears of War 3 is like Band of Brothers with lady warriors and real closure
The season for epic games has begun. Gamers worldwide start shooting and save the world. Epic Games‘ Gears of War 3 launches today, and it brings closure to a sci-fi shooting game series that has kept millions of fans loyal to the Xbox 360 video game console.
Review: Resistance 3 kicks off blockbuster game season with a bang
It takes me a while to finish games these days because this thing called work keeps getting in the way. But I managed to play Resistance 3 from start to finish on the PlayStation 3, and I’m glad I spared the time for it. Sony picked the early slot of the release of this game, kicking off the fall sales season.
Updated PSN terms remove right to collectively sue Sony
PlayStation manufacturer Sony has added a clause to its terms of service for its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), that waives users’...
Sony unveils developer kit for PlayStation Vita, Android devices
Sony today released a software development kit (SDK) for creating games across multiple PlayStation certified devices, such as the upcoming PlayStation Vita and the...
Sony says PlayStation Vita debuts in Japan on Dec. 17 with NTT Docomo 3G
Sony said that it will launch the PlayStation Via portable game machine in Japan on Dec. 17. It will partner with NTT DoCoMo for...
Retail video game sales plunge 23 percent in August
The summer has been something of a nightmare for the sales of video games in U.S. retail stores. In August, the trend continued as...
Tapjoy snags former Playstation marketer as chief marketing officer
Tapjoy had a run-in with Apple this spring. But the mobile monetization firm has recovered and is back on the expansion path. The latest...