Films based on video games usually disappoint due to terrible casting choices. We provide a list of actors who are dead ringers for some of our favorite characters.
Free to play is the future of gaming, even for traditional game publishers, according to Jagex Games Studio CEO Mark Gerhard. He talks to GamesBeat about the rush to the free-to-play model, Jagex's potential market value, and the development of upcoming MMO Transformers Universe.
A little while ago I catalogued the contents of the Sega Genesis mixtape I created at the tender age of 12. I've been mulling over that artifact for the better part of a month, and as much as I (mostly) approve of the taste …
Time is money. This old adage has meant more to me this year than it ever has. A new job, a longer commute, and a growing family means that time for gaming is becoming scarce and all the more precious. …
One of my favorite PC games was RollerCoaster Tycoon. I can't stand actually going on thrill rides, but I get a bizarre amount of enjoyment out of building them. Sadly, it's been a long time since we got a new game in …
Three months before releasing a quarterly earnings report that slaughtered an already-decimated stock, Zynga executives and investors unloaded some of their stock, raking in more than $500 million dollars. Now, multiple law firms are investigating whether the company or its …
One of the more honestly depressing articles that I've ever written was regarding the fact that developer Obsidian lost a bonus for getting a review score of 84 when they needed an 85 for the average Metacritic score on Fallout: New …
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.
Paul LaFontaine, chief executive of Habbo-creator Sulake, calls for smarter online safety practices after his company's virtual-world site faced a sexual-chat controversy.
Cloud gaming comes to the open-source Ouya console.
The eight gold medals Michael Phelps earned during the 2008 Olympic Games make him one the best American athletes. He's also an avid Call of Duty player.
The definition of a game publisher has become confusing, and the ultimate answer this is important for developers.
Graphics processing company Nvidia showcases its latest achievements in visual beauty with "New Dawn," a tech demo featuring a beautifully rendered fairy in a magical forest environment.
Lukasz Twardowski, a young Polish entrepreneur, recently made an unexpected discovery. By analyzing data from video games, he thinks he’ll be able to predict whether players are color blind, have Alzheimer’s disease, or suffer from various learning and development disorders.…
Here at Bitmob, we like to write. We know you do, too. In fact, you guys pump out so much great content that some of it gets lost in the abyssal depths of the Mobfeed. And it's scary down there. …
It's 2 a.m., a thunderstorm is throwing sheets of rain against the window, and I'm playing Slender with my headphones on.
Every part of this is bad.
I'm that guy in the horror movie. I investigate that strange noise. I …
Hey, I’m a fairly competitive guy. And when I cranked up the new psychedelic not-a-shooter Dyad, I only wanted something closer to the last 20 minutes of 2001: A Space Odyssey than the first 20 minutes of the famously awful …
Characters in video games have taken on stronger and more customizable roles as players have grown up over the years. For example, Commander Shepard from the Mass Effect series has had to deal with universe-altering decisions (which players must make) …
Etsy artist/seller 9times1minus1 knows how to subtly enrage a whole bunch of people. These retro-game-inspired prints at first look odd and then look downright wrong as you realize that the characters don't match up with their iconic level designs.
Each …
Zynga insiders, including chief executive Marc Pincus, cashed out in April, selling 43 million shares for over $516 million -- just before the stock price cratered.
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