EA CEO: 'Consumers won't pay for crap' in social and mobile games
Gamers will flock to quality on any game platform, including mobile and social.
Crash Labs launches Twist Pilot on Zynga Mobile
Crash Labs launches its first puzzle game for mobile, Twist Pilot.
In midst of employee theft lawsuit, Kixeye CEO takes a blast at Zynga
Kixeye chief exec Will Harbin says, "Zynga is burning to the ground and bleeding top talent, and instead of trying to fix the problems -- better work environment and better products -- they are resorting to the only profit center that has ever really worked for them: their legal department."
'Our exit strategy is death' guides Days of Wonder's board game philosophy
Mark Kaufman and Eric Hauntemont are veteran venture capitalists in the tech world. In 2002, they decided to get out of that fast-paced life and start developing board games. No, seriously.
Zynga suing former employee for stealing trade secrets
Zynga's former CityVille general manager allegedly used Dropbox to back up hundreds of privileged documents. The social-games developer is suing him for taking that data.
The exodus continues: Zynga Poker general manager quits
The social-gaming company loses the key executive in charge of its poker game as it prepares to transition to real-money gambling.
Zynga announces CityVille 2
The social-gaming giant is listening to fans and hoping to build its best title yet.
Startup puts gamers to work raising money for charity
Game It Forward has developed a model that will allow players to donate to their favorite charities just by playing a game.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Cliff Bleszinski, Skylanders Giants, and alleged racism at Kixeye
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.
Markets pummel Zynga’s share price (update)
The social-gaming company "preannounced" a slumping earnings report yesterday and is paying the price today.