If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
Bethesda confirms a reboot, but has no comment on Rage 2 cancellation.
All signs are pointing to a new Wolfenstein first-person shooter coming this year from a new studio founded by former Starbreeze staffers.
U4iA Games brings its unusual free-to-play game to Facebook with spectacular results.
Oculus VR's virtual-reality headset provides a real, immersive 3D experience.
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
The first-person shooter gets six new areas for fans to blast through.
Will machinima films ever become mainstream? Check out this panel discussion held inside the Second Life virtual world.
One upcoming technology aiming to change how we both play and see games is the Rift from Oculus. The Rift fully supports and integrates 3D in what the company claims is the most realistic 3D gaming experience to date.
The 3D modeling expert worked on such monumental games as Wing Commander, Doom, and Quake.
Microsoft is hard at work trying to sell the idea of Windows 8 as a great gaming platform, but some developers are still not convinced.
Papo & Yo isn't the first game to feature graffiti, but its style and influences are uniquely Latin American.
Chief executive Gabe Newell talks about gaming innovations and life at Valve.
BonusXP is coming out of stealth today as a new mobile game studio, founded by a team whose members come from Zynga’s Bonfire Studios, Robot Entertainment, and id Software.
The Allen, Texas-based studio includes Dave Pottinger, chief executive and former …
id Software and its new owner Bethesda Softworks are announcing today a new 20th anniversary edition of Wolfenstein 3D, playable as a web-based browser game and a mobile game.
The free-to-play browser game is a classic version of the pioneering …
Designing games for teenage girls can be a gold mine on the iPhone or Android mobile devices. But it’s also pretty tricky, if you happen to be a male game designer in your 40s.
Fortunately for Graeme Devine, the …
For those of you who are nostalgic for the BFG 9000 gun and its ability to lay waste to hordes of demonic monsters, there’s a little ray of sunshine. The original Doom video game is now available on Xbox Live. …
Editor's Pick
NOTE: Each week, I’m writing a column on videogames called The DeanBeat that’s available to newsletter subscribers a day before it appears on the VentureBeat website. This week, my column was co-written with Matthew Lynley.
The fall blockbuster video game …
Editor’s note: This post contains some story spoilers.
After more than five years in gestation, id Software’s Rage video game hits the stores tonight. Lucky for fans of first-person shooter games, it is one of the best games I’ve played …
