Draw Something goes global with 12 new languages and celebrity endorsements
Musical artists Enrique Iglesias and Jennifer Lopez will team up with Zynga as the company promotes 12 new languages coming to the hit mobile game Draw Something.
Japan’s Gree moves mobile gaming into the spotlight at E3 (interview)
Japan's Gree flexed its muscle by showing off 21 mobile social games at E3.
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot embraces disruption, new business models and new platforms (interview)
Yves Guillemot, the chief executive of French game publisher Ubisoft, belives that traditional game companies will be able to meet the challenge of the...
AppStats launches new window on Facebook winners and losers
Today AppStats is launching a new window on who’s winning and who’s losing in Facebook apps. The app analytics site, created by Berlin-based newsmag Social...
Here’s a big career change: Gears of War 2 writer joins Zynga (exclusive)
Joshua Ortega, a writer who worked on the Gears of War series, has joined Zynga as a “senior narrative designer” working on massively multiplayer...
The DeanBeat: What to expect at E3
Expectations are mixed for the video game event of the year, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) conference taking place in Los Angeles next week....
As Zynga’s stock lockup ends, competitor steals mobile game expert
Zynga’s lockup period, which prevents employees from selling their stock following the initial public offering, expires today. That may explain why a smaller company,...
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.
The DeanBeat: myVegas social casino games launches with partner MGM
Social casino game startups are the cliché of 2012. Everybody is either starting a new company in this hot market — on the bet...
Zynga directs popsicle-dispensing zombie hordes to San Francisco and New York City
Zynga unleashes hordes of undead in San Francisco and New York City to promote its upcoming game Zombie Swipeout. Leave your shotguns at home, folks -- they just want to hand out popsicles and walk around.