China’s Tencent marches to the West in search of kick-ass games (interviews)
GamesBeat's Dean Takahashi interviews Tencent's David Wallerstein about its approach to games in China and its investments in Western game developers.
Peter Molyneux Twitter parody inspires indie game jam
Parody Twitter accounts are a popular way for people to satirize their favorite celebrities, superheroes, and political figures, but this may be the first...
The view from CES: The top 10 trends in technology for 2012
The International Consumer Electronics Show is a huge festival of gadgetry, but there’s no better place to get a bead on where technology is...
Mig33 launches Twitter-like Miniblog for emerging mobile markets
Mig33, which operates mobile social networks in emerging markets, is launching a new Twitter-like social communication service called the “Mig33 miniblog.” The move represents...
Mojang reveals 20M registered users for Minecraft
In a tweet sent out on Saturday, Markus Persson, aka Notch, the developer behind gaming sensation Minecraft, made note of the 20 million registered...
Minecraft developer says “No sane person can be for SOPA”
Markus Persson, creator of the breakout hit indie game Minecraft, has announced that minecraft.net and mojang.com will be taken down on Jan 18th, in...
Peter Molyneux parody account ‘Molydeux’ suspended by Twitter
The Twitter account parodying Peter Molyneux, the legendary English game designer and Microsoft Europe creative director, has recently been suspended. The account — which...
Another Skyrim patch coming, Bethesda PR tells frustrated player to “calm down”
If you’re one of the millions of players who purchased Skyrim in the past week, upon loading up the game for the first time...