Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Games industry vet Jordan Weisman: game technology is at its peak Posted byby GamesBeat July 12, 2011 2 min Video game consoles have reached a point where they are so powerful that companies no longer need to focus on adding more horsepower to... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Wii U priced near $600 on Australian game retailer site Posted byby GamesBeat June 21, 2011 2 min How much will the Wii U cost? A hint might be found on EB Games Australia, which is pricing Nintendo’s next home console at... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Nintendo: Wii U not significantly more powerful than Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 Posted byby GamesBeat June 21, 2011 2 min Nintendo’s next console, the Wii U, will not be significantly more powerful than the consoles in the current generation like the Xbox 360 and... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Kinect software development kit is now live Posted byby GamesBeat June 16, 2011 2 min Microsoft announced today that it is releasing a beta development kit that will let software developers tap into the company’s Xbox 360 motion controller,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business After 15 years of development, Duke Nukem Forever sucks Posted byby GamesBeat June 13, 2011 2 min Talk about a major bummer — Duke Nukem Forever, a highly anticipated title that has been in developmental hell for more than a decade,... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Gaming Culture Interview: Nintendo president says Wii U is no iPad imitator Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 12, 2011 10 min Reggie Fils-Aime, president of Nintendo of America, introduced the Wii U game console at the E3 video game show before a crowd of thousands... Continue Reading 10 min
Categories Posted inin Business VentureBeat’s photo gallery captures the noise of E3 2011 (part 1) Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 11, 2011 4 min The only thing bad about an E3 photo gallery is that you can’t hear the sounds. E3, the video game industry’s trade show, is... Continue Reading 4 min
Categories Posted inin Business Miyamoto: Only one touch-screen controller per Wii U console Posted byby GamesBeat June 10, 2011 2 min When Nintendo announced its new Wii U system at E3 on Tuesday, it was unclear if the company would sell touch-screen controllers separately or... Continue Reading 2 min
Categories Posted inin Business Nintendo admits E3 Wii U reel used PS3 and Xbox 360 clips Posted byby GamesBeat June 8, 2011 1 min Nintendo of America head Reggie Fils-Aime admitted Tuesday that the E3 highlight reel of third-party titles for the new Wii U console used footage... Continue Reading 1 min
Categories Posted inin Business Microsoft demos long-awaited Star Wars Kinect game (video) Posted byby GamesBeat June 6, 2011 2 min It isn’t trapped in a galaxy far, far away any more. Microsoft finally unveiled a Star Wars game powered by its motion controller, the Kinect,... Continue Reading 2 min