Disney will be spending £3 million on an Internet safety campaign for Club Penguin, an online game designed for young audiences.
Europe is getting its own “game accelerator” entity with today’s launch of GameFounders. The organization is based in Estonia and it provides advice, a mentor network, and $12,300 to $18,500 (10,000 to 15,000 euros) in seed funding.
GameFounders is taking …
The number of mobile gamers in China is expected to hit 192 million by the end of this year, according to market researcher Niko Partners. This means that the number of mobile gamers now likely exceeds the number of PC …
In a bid to unseat Zynga’s CityVille game on Facebook, Electronic Arts has launched SimCity Social today.
The new city-building simulation game represents the culmination of a large team of developers at EA’s Maxis and Playfish game studios, and it’s …
PlayPhone, a startup that has created a mobile social gaming network, says it has grown its users from 1 million monthly active fans to 4 million in the past half year.
Reloaded Games Inc., an online games company which develops and powers leading free-to-play massively multiplayer online (MMO) games, today announced it has completed a round of financing and is finalizing a full merger with pioneering MMO publisher K2 Network Inc.
The guys at Subatomic Studios aren't going to like what I'm about to write, but I think their original Fieldrunners tower defense game was a tad overrated. I never understood why it has garnered so much attention over the years …
A $99 console that runs on Android, connects to your TV, and features free-to-play games? Apparently, it's a real thing.
In celebration of Independence Day, publisher Activision halves the price of all downloadable content for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Call of Duty: Black Ops for one week. Cue the slowly waving American flag.
They’re blonde, beautiful, and hang out with the undead more than the living. But how similar are Lollipop Chainsaw’s Juliet Starling and TV’s Buffy Summers, and does one deserve the title of Slayer more than the other? Voice actress Tara Strong, Buffy enthusiast Lily Rothman, and writer James Gunn have the answers.
We’re pleased to announce the all-star moderators for our annual GamesBeat 2012 conference next week, July 10-11 in San Francisco.
Here’s the list in order of appearance and the session they’re moderating.
Day one
Dean Takahashi, the lead writer …
For better or worse, it seems like big-budget live-action trailers for video games are here to stay. It's just as well that some publishers are doing them right, as seen in these 10 impressive examples.
The gallery inside features the likes of Mario, Halo's Master Chief, Half-Life's Gordon Freeman, and other classic characters from some of the most popular games.
You might remember my 30-minute dip into From Software's harder-than-hardcore role-playing title Demon's Souls last week. I've put a few more hours into it since that first play session, and I think the two of us have established an interesting …
Once again, it’s time to roast some intellectual weenies with the grill masters!
Independence Day! The day we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence by getting drunk, watching football, and eating enough red meat to destroy every colon …
Boot up any current-generation title. As you begin to play, examine the screen.
Do you see a time limit? Of course not….
Sure, many younger players won’t know what the hell I’m talking about, but I am certain most others …
Making a name for yourself in the mobile-games market is sometimes difficult, and getting your project noticed means the world. Well, the new iOS puzzle-title Skweek is now on my radar, but for entirely the wrong reason.
This showed up …
Some of the questions people asked Nintendo chief Iwata at the annual shareholder meeting were a little...different.
Big Fish Games gives GamesBeat a quick look at their upcoming cloud-based service for casual games.
Without users, it doesn’t matter how innovative your mobile app or game is. At next week’s GamesBeat 2012 conference in San Francisco, we explore the future of user acquisition with speakers such as Rober Weber, a cofounder of W3i; Gabriel …
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