Critical Path documents the brilliance of game creators with personal video interviews
New documentary The Critical Path includes interviews with the technical and creative talents behind today's most popular video games.
Kickstarter gives game developers control over their destinies
Developers are learning that they can go to their fans, not merely the big publishers, to obtain funding for their games.
17 reasons to go to GamesBeat 2012
We’ve been writing a lot of posts about our speakers at GamesBeat 2012. But here’s a summary of why we think this is the...
Ron Gilbert and Double Fine go adventuring in The Cave (preview)
Adventure game grandfathers Tim Schafer (Grim Fandango, Full Throttle) and Ron Gilbert (Maniac Mansion, Monkey Island) recently held a special media event at Double Fine Productions' San Francisco headquarters to unveil the developer's latest offering: The Cave.
The past, present, and future of video games at the DIY-focused Maker Faire 2012
Maker Faire is a do-it-yourself cultural celebration. In this year's fair, video games had a small, but remarkable presence that provided some insight into the history of the medium.
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.
Carmageddon devs run over Double Fine’s Tim Schafer in the name of Kickstarter
Who says that time is a healer? Stainless Games certainly don’t think so, as they’ve demonstrated by lovingly digitizing Double Fine Production’s Tim Schafer for their Carmageddon Kickstarter campaign, then running him over. Three times.
5 Kickstarter games we may never see
Is Kickstarter the answer for would-be developers who want funding for their dream game idea? Here are five developers whose projects never launched.
Adventure game veteran Jane Jensen reaches Kickstarter goal
Gabriel Knight creator Jane Jensen’s Kickstarter reached its goal of $300,000 over the weekend, which means adventure game fans will now have two new...
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.