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.
Raptr and Kiip mine game rewards for new business models
Games have always rewarded players with virtual points and other rewards that become a source of pride and cred. But in an attention-based economy,...
Blizzard recognizes Diablo III’s lack of endgame content
Blizzard admits Diablo III lacks sufficient end-game content for retaining a strong community.
Dragon Eternity lets iOS gamers play with Android users
Developer Game Insight has announced a new free-to-play, massively multiplayer online game (MMO), Dragon Eternity, that will offer cross-platform play between iOS, Android, and HTML...
ArenaNet president discusses careful monetization of Guild Wars 2, the least greedy Western MMO
GamesBeat sat down with studio president Mike O’Brien to talk about making a sequel to the game that turned the AAA MMO model on its head.
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Why China’s game business will hit $20B by 2016 (exclusive interview)
China has one of the most dynamic and unique game markets in the world. Rising from virtual non-existence a decade ago, and surviving a...
World of Warcraft still on top with 10.2M subscribers in first quarter
Activision Blizzard reported a hold-steady 10.2 million subscribers, with continued player engagement due to a recent content update and the beta of expansion Mists of Pandaria.
Call of Duty, Skylanders lead Activision Blizzard to beat analysts’ expectations
Activision Blizzard beat expectations for the first-fiscal-quarter earnings today. The results, coming two days after Electronic Arts posted better-than-expected earnings, could be interpreted as...
EA’s Star Wars: The Old Republic snares 1.3M subscribers
Electronic Arts said today that its critical online game, Star Wars: The Old Republic, had 1.3 million active subscribers in the fourth-fiscal quarter ended...