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Jordan ‘CaptainSparklez’ Maron lives the fairy tale life of getting paid to play Minecraft (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
September 30, 2015
8 min

Jordan “CaptainSparklez” Maron has had a charmed life as a YouTuber and Twitch livestreamer. He quit college to stream games on Twitch and post videos...

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Super Evil Megacorp positions Vainglory to become a real mobile gaming esport

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 20, 2015
7 min

Super Evil Megacorp wants Vainglory to be the next big esport game -- something that's never happened with a mobile MOBA before.

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7 min

Fates Forever will test whether MOBAs designed for tablets can attract those who play League of Legends or Dota 2 (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
July 28, 2014
16 min

Fates Forever, a new multiplayer online battle arena game (MOBA) for tablets, debuted on iOS last week. The title has gotten good reviews and...

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16 min

How a seasoned venture capitalist at IDG Ventures views game investments (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
March 16, 2014
16 min

IDG Ventures' Phil Sanderson has quietly become one of the most successful venture capitalists backing games.

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Two weeks, 12 dramas. The most controversial console generation yet?

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 1, 2013
3 min

The release of both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this month has provided us with more drama than we could ever have imagined....

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3 min

Couple uses PlayStation 4 to stream … a call-in talk show on Twitch? Yes — and 200K tuned in

Posted byby GamesBeat
November 22, 2013
2 min

An unexpected talk show was born last night when a young couple gathered 200,000 views on their first live stream direct from PlayStation 4.

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2 min

The chips are down: Publishing chief Eric Hirshberg on Activision’s three big bets (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
June 12, 2013
11 min

The president of Activision publishing won't take sides in the console war, but he sure is enjoying it.

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11 min

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox One restrictions, Zynga in trouble, and Snake’s new face

Posted byby GamesBeat
June 7, 2013
4 min

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

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4 min

Can live speedruns compete with e-sports? (interview)

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 5, 2013
5 min

Speedruns often take hundreds of hours to perfect, across countless playthroughs. Now you can watch as insanely committed players attempt world records live.

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5 min

Origin gets video broadcasting in next update

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
November 8, 2012
1 min

EA's Origin will soon allow users to stream video of their gameplay directly to the Twitch.tv service.

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1 min