Game designer crosses over from making Halo games to Zynga’s social games — he’s never going back (interview)
Jim Veevaert has crossed over from making games like Halo 3 to Zynga's social games like Ruby Blast. He says he's never going back.
New Super Mario Bros. 2 is too obsessed with reliving the good old days (review)
August 6, 2012 8:20 AM
Jeffrey Grubb
Nintendo has another New Super Mario Bros. game, but is it fair to still call it new?
ARM readies some killer game-console-like mobile graphics technology
August 6, 2012 8:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
ARM Mali T600-based devices will be able to display eye-popping, beautiful 3D graphics.
The golden age returns? Seamus Blackley’s Innovative Leisure mobile game startup raises seed round (exclusive)
August 6, 2012 6:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Editor's Pick Innovative Leisure has raised a seed round to fund its "new arcade" mobile games.
Khronos Group’s OpenGL ES 3.0 should lead to more console-like games on mobile
August 6, 2012 6:00 AM
Dean Takahashi
Khronos Group's new OpenGL 3.0 software will raise mobile 3D-graphics quality, leading to better-looking zombies on our iPhone or Android tablets.
The Tetris effect: How a game can alter the way you look at life
August 6, 2012 12:09 AM
Ethan Clevenger
If you haven’t heard of it, the Tetris effect occurs when one devotes an excessive amount of time to an activity or game, and it begins to overtake the sufferer’s thoughts and dreams. It’s named for the classic block-stacking puzzler Tetris. …
10 things we can expect to find on Mars
August 5, 2012 3:13 PM
Sebastian Haley
If we Earthlings have learned anything from movies, video games, and comic books, we may not want to find anything....
A kid’s-eye view of the Little Big Planet Karting beta
August 5, 2012 11:41 AM
Rob LeFebvre
Spinning, zooming, creating, zapping and slapping: all in a day's beta with Little Big Planet Karting.
Check out the Ghostbusters, Sonic, and Minecraft references hidden away in these Team Fortress 2 maps (gallery)
August 5, 2012 8:47 AM
Jeffrey Grubb
A private Team Fortress 2 server features a plethora of geeky Easter Eggs.
Annoy your friends and impress no one: Cheats for casual games
August 5, 2012 8:44 AM
Evan Killham
Here are seven (lame) ways that people cut corners in the most low-pressure games in existence.
Spotlight: Capcom-troversy, Path of Exile, triple-A titles, DayZ vs. The War Z, and more
August 4, 2012 11:49 PM
Layton Shumway
The Community Spotlight features some of the best unedited articles that didn't quite make the front page. This week, we examine on-disc DLC in Capcom games, ponder the changing model of triple-A development, draw connections between Mass Effect and Nintendo …
Puzzler: Guess the games from these intro-cinematic stills
August 4, 2012 10:00 AM
Samir Torres
How many games can you identify by looking at single screenshots from their opening cinematics?
Music, context, and Mass Effect’s Mission Complete screen
August 4, 2012 1:06 AM
Steven Lauterwasser
The music in the Mass Effect trilogy backs some of the most epic, poignant, and beautiful moments in recent gaming memory. Anyone whose played it will not soon forget the soaring strings and strident trumpets which helped make each game's …
Fan-made media is great, but let’s leave it at that
August 3, 2012 9:02 PM
Jordan McCollam
When I was younger, I complained a lot about things that I wanted. Video games, movies, and toys were just a few of the things I threw tantrums over. When I started acting like this, my dad would tell me …
Phosphor and Zynga throw up the Horn with upcoming action mobile game (trailer)
August 3, 2012 5:03 PM
Evan Killham
The new trailer for Horn, Phosphor and Zynga's upcoming mobile action game.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: MMO troubles, virtual reality, gaming, and slow Vita sales
August 3, 2012 4:11 PM
Jasmine Maleficent Rea
Missed the latest news on GamesBeat? Here's a list of the stories we ran over the past week.
Bitmob Writing Challenge (August 2012): In The Beginning
August 3, 2012 3:58 PM
Chris Hoadley
Each month, the Bitmob Writing Challenge offers both old and new community members a chance to write on a specific topic. If you find this introduction a bit bland, then that’s what I want to hear — this month we’re …
Gameforge sees success with its first three mobile games
August 3, 2012 2:18 PM
Dean Takahashi
Germany's Gameforge has announced that it is moving into the mobile gaming market.
Is the Wii U really a next-gen game console?
The industry has commonly referred to Nintendo's upcoming Wii U as the first of the next-generation consoles; however, this moniker is up for much speculation in light of the current console market.
Up until this point, the market has been …
MechWarrior Tactics sticks to its board game roots with intense 1-on-1 firefights (hands-on preview)
August 3, 2012 1:09 PM
Giancarlo Valdes
2012 is shaping up to be a banner year for quality free-to-play games on the PC, and the upcoming MechWarrior Tactics is no exception.
