Facebook has paid out $8B to developers
Those numbers will likely keep going up, with Facebook expected to announce several bits of developer-oriented news later today at the F8 conference.
The worst ideas you never saw in EverQuest — like the muffin zone
Developers of the 16-year-old massively multiplayer RPG tell us about epic failures: dragons-in-a-box, hidden ninjas, and a zone that was supposed to work like a clock.
Microsoft on Minecon and Minecraft: ‘We want to listen, learn, and be inspired’
Minecon remains Mojang's show despite Microsoft taking over the company.
How to land one of the biggest fish in gaming: The story of Nintendo’s new mobile partner, DeNA
You know all about Nintendo. But what about DeNA?
Controlling this game with my mind almost drove me crazy
I've tried playing games like Son of Nor through mind control, and now I can't stop thinking of rocks
A 10-year-old designs Gunman Taco Truck with help from legendary gaming parents
Brenda and John Romero are helping their son Donovan publish his first video game.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Nintendo goes mobile, Kojima exits?, and Rovio’s profits drop
Check out our entire week’s worth of coverage on VentureBeat’s channel for video games, GamesBeat.
The DeanBeat: The intriguing possibilities for Nintendo’s upcoming NX game hardware
Nintendo should look to Nvidia's new set-top Shield console for tips about the future of game hardware.
Microsoft says free Windows 10 upgrades for pirates will be ‘non-genuine’ and unsupported, stays mum on security
VentureBeat has been trying to get more details from the company, which disclosed today that after PCs with pirated copies of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 are upgraded to Windows 10, they will remain in a “non-genuine” status and Microsoft will not support them.
Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment sees revenue dive 9% and profits fall by half in 2014
Game revenues rose, but consumer products fell during the year.
