LG, Unity Technologies team up to bring video games to Smart TVs
Unity Technologies and electronics manufacturing giant LG are teaming up to bring video games to Smart TVs in 2012. The deal is similar to...
Xbox co-creator Seamus Blackley launches mobile-game startup with Atari arcade veterans
Seamus Blackley, the co-creator of the Xbox, passionately believes that gameplay will triumph in the game business. That is why he and his new...
Image Metrics sells its Faceware face animation technology to spin-off
Image Metrics said it has sold off the Faceware professional facial animation software to a new spin-off company Faceware Technologies. Santa Monica-based Image Metrics...
GamesBeat aspires to become bible of the games industry: acquires Bitmob
I’m delighted to confirm that VentureBeat has acquired Bitmob, the respected gaming news site known for its passionate community of users. Bitmob will be...
DeanBeat: Game companies raised a record-breaking $1.54B in 2011
Game fundings destroyed the record book for fundings this year as 145 companies raised more than $1.540 billion in 2011, not counting initial public...
Game trade group celebrates a big year for video games
It’s been a good year for video games, from a favorable U.S. Supreme Court ruling on video game violence, to new recognition as an...
Study: Modern Warfare 2 most addictive console video game
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has been named the most addictive console title by gamers in a new study by video game price...
Rock Band adds seven Jimi Hendrix greatest hits
Jimi Hendrix can be found at the top of Rolling Stone Magazine’s recent 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time feature, and now seven more...
Left 4 Dead short film rivals Hollywood production values (video)
As the gaming culture matures, a handful of impressive fan films paying homage to popular titles have continued to emerge. First, the “Escape from...
Sony loses two key executives from its North American game team
Two key executives at Sony’s U.S. game business have left the company. And one of them, Rob Dyer, has joined social game maker Zynga...