This gallery features some of most original and gorgeous cover art in gaming history.
Scenes in classic video games take a turn for the raunchy and disturbing when taken out of context.
The horned people of the North, the Ronso, rule the mountains of Spira. The mighty tribe is proud and noble but full of sorrow, which fits the tone of Final Fantasy X and protagonist Tidus' doomed fate.
When you travel …
Video Blips:
• Get a glimpse of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance's Blade Mode tutorial featuring — you guessed it — the ubiquitous watermelons. I suppose it's difficult cramming "press A to do a spinning backflip aerial piroutte ninja stab" into …
It looks like a few new jabs have been made in the ongoing fight between EA’s Origin and Valve’s Steam, the two largest video game digital distribution services on the Internet. Unlike the famous Hatfield and McCoy feud, the dispute between these giant companies is …
I consider myself a pretty big Legend of Zelda fan, but I'm almost embarrassed to say that the video below was full of trivia that I had never heard of. I'm still blown away by the fact that Ocarina of Time originally was going …
Under the terms of the proposed settlement, EA will have to pay $27 million to consumers who bought its Madden NFL, NCAA Football, and AFL games.
Brian Fargo's Wasteland franchise moves forward with the release of an early screenshot from the upcoming Wasteland 2.
Before Batman starred in some of the best 3D adventure games of all time, the Dark Knight made his debut as a two-dimensional detective.
The bar glows a Tron-esque shade of blue and serves beer and sweet, colorful game-themed mix drinks. Classic coin-op arcade machines, such as Space Invaders, Golden Axe, and Marvel vs Capcom 2 line the walls, and a plush VIP lounge …
S2 Games' popular multiplayer arena strategy title Heroes of Newerth unlocks its entire stable of playable heroes in a major patch update.
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 newly launched Playsino Publishing Network will help attract new users for social casino games and monetize them on Facebook and mobile platforms.
Minecraft creator Marcus Persson (also known as Notch) Tweeted this morning, "I got told Minecraft for XBLA passed three million sales today!"
A talk with John Spinale, Disney Interactive's head of social games, at GamesBeat 2012.
Will DeNA's success in Japan, where mobile gaming has exploded, repeat itself in the U.S. as smartphone and tablet games come to the fore? And will DeNA-Ngmoco be able to outmaneuver rivals such as Zynga, Electronic Arts, and Gree?
Editor's Pick
We had a great time at our well-attended GamesBeat 2012 conference last week talking about the road ahead in games and the Crossover Era. Here’s a summary of some of the sharpest thinking we heard at this year’s event, which …
Nextpeer's SDK allows developers to earn money by implementing in-game multiplayer tournaments
We're seeing a ton of new faces — well, new names, anyway — around the ol' Mob these days. That might be because of our acquisition by VentureBeat earlier this year. Or it might be because we're just that awesome…
In past editions of this column, I've discussed cheap strategies and the effects they have on their victims. Be it campers, noob-tubers, or people who always play as Ken in Street Fighter games, we've come up with a universal name for
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