Lizard Squad launches DDoS tool that lets anyone take down online services, starting at $6 per month
It was all a marketing ploy. Meet Lizard Stresser.
The best games of 2014 (GamesBeat staff picks)
The GamesBeat staff names its Games of the Year -- and it's quite the varied list.
Lizard Squad says it won’t take down Xbox Live and PlayStation Network anymore, claims it never attacked Tor
The “hacker” group Lizard Squad has declared it will no longer attack Microsoft’s Xbox Live and Sony’s PlayStation Network, as well as denied claims it had planned to attack Tor, an anonymity network often used to resist censorship. While the former appears to be true, the latter information is quite conflicting.
The best of CES 2014 is the reason we shouldn’t take CES 2015 too seriously
Let's take a moment to reflect on the hits of CES 2014. Do you even remember them?
These 20 companies achieved $1B+ valuations in 2014 (updated)
It is really, really difficult to create a company and grow it to the point where investors believe it is worth $1 billion or more. That milestone is so difficult to achieve, in fact, that investors call companies that do this “unicorns.”
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Christmas network outages and games for your new mobile devices
Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat.
PSN is coming back online, Xbox Live is up — and that’s maybe because of Kim Dotcom
Kim Dotcom made a deal with the devils who brought down Sony's and Microsoft's gaming services.
Sony confirms PSN problems for PS4 but doesn’t comment on hacking reports
Sony confirmed today that its PlayStation Network has been having technical issues since yesterday. “We are aware that users are having trouble accessing our...
20 essential games for your new iPad
Want to deck out that new iOS tablet? We've rounded up 20 must-have titles ranging from action to survival horror to racing to strategy.
