DeNA’s first-person shooter The Drowning nears launch on the iPad (interview)

The launch of The Drowning, a novel first-person shooter on the iPad, is drawing near.

Here’s the scorecard on our 2012 predictions for the game industry

Before you read our forecast for 2013, take a look at how we did on last year's predictions.

MoMinis raises $6M for mega game portal on Android

Israeli mobile-game company MoMinis has raised $6 million in a second round of funding from Gemini Israel Ventures.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: BioShock Infinite delayed, Epic Games president retires, and Kixeye expands to Canada

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.

Ben Cousins wants to prove mobile first-person shooters aren’t a pipe dream (interview)

Ben Cousins has made games like Electronic Arts' Battlefield series. Now he is bringing shooter games to mobile devices.

Ngmoco goes next-gen with high-end graphics in The Drowning tablet game

The game is the first from Ben Cousins' new Scattered Entertainment studio.

Investors weigh in on falling game-startup valuations

Developer Zynga's collapse has taken its toll on game-company valuations. The topic came up at the recent investor panel at the YetiZen game accelerator.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney buys LucasArts/Lucasfilm, Halo 4 reviewed, and Valve dislikes Windows 8

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.

Game developers say iPad mini will be good for gaming

The iPad mini may increase fragmentation, but it is also likely to expand the gaming market, according to many game experts we talked to.

MoMinis integrates its PlayScape ‘mega game’ into Android apps

MoMinis has modified its PlayScape mega game so it is part of every game in its network, rather than a separate app.

Marvel War of Heroes distills superhero combat into card-based digestible chunks (preview)

DeNA and Ngmoco teams up with Marvel Comics for Marvel War of Heroes, a battle card game for mobile devices.

The DeanBeat: How fast will the shift to huge growth for mobile games happen?

With the console market looking a little shaky and Facebook starting to slow down, mobile stands before the gaming industry as a potential savior.