Tencent paid $330M for 40% of Epic Games
Last year, Epic Games sold a 40 percent ownership stake to China’s Tencent, according to an interview with Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney. That...
Epic shutters Impossible Studios without it ever releasing a game
Epic formed Impossible Studios out of the ashes of Big Huge Games, which developed Kingdoms of Amalur, back in June.
Valve cofounder Gabe Newell going to be a hall of famer
Valve co-founder Gabe Newell is being honored for his contributions to the gaming industry at the 16th D.I.C.E. Awards on Thursday, Feb. 7, 2013.
Cliff Bleszinski leaves Epic Games
Gears of War maker Epic Games today announced the departure of design director Cliff Bleszinski.
Infinity Blade is more profitable than Gears of War
Epic Games is a developer famous for making technically proficient shooters. However, the company's most profitable game is an iOS title, Infinity Blade.
Epic’s Unreal Engine 4 could spawn a generation of games with awesome graphics
Epic Games is formally announcing its Unreal Engine 4 technology today after the close of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the game industry’s big...
Epic unveils Unreal Engine 4 for eye-popping next-generation game graphics
Epic Games revealed today its foundation for the next decade of graphics technology in video games. Speaking to Wired, Epic’s founder Tim Sweeney unveiled...
The DICE Summit in pictures (photo gallery)
Here’s our photo gallery from the DICE Summit 2012. This year’s conference drew more than 700 game industry luminaries to a wide variety of...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: DICE Summit news and more
Here’s some of the stories that ran only on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more stories exclusively on the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat now,...
AIAS game of the year: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim takes home the top honor
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim took home the award for game of the year today from the prestigious Academy of Interactive Sciences. The Interactive...