The chips are down: Publishing chief Eric Hirshberg on Activision’s three big bets (interview)

The president of Activision publishing won't take sides in the console war, but he sure is enjoying it.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Xbox One restrictions, Zynga in trouble, and Snake’s new face

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.

Can live speedruns compete with e-sports? (interview)

Speedruns often take hundreds of hours to perfect, across countless playthroughs. Now you can watch as insanely committed players attempt world records live.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kixeye CEO calls out Zynga, new Xbox 360 dashboard revealed

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.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dragon Age III, Borderlands 2, and the BioWare doctors retire

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.

Porn network Brazzers will sponsor a pro fighting-game team

Porn company Brazzers said it wants to sponsor professional fighting-game players via a Twitch.TV livestream with fighting-game community (FGC) member Long Island Joe. Rob Steele, director of special events for Brazzers, announced the formation of a sponsored team with LI …

TwitchTV sees rapid growth for game tournament video streams

TwitchTV, the video game broadcasting community, said today it has grown to more than 12 million unique viewers a month.

The San Francisco company also said that it has more than 1,000 premium partners and that its iPhone app has …

Justin.tv signs exclusive broadcast deal with giant e-sports league ESL

Justin.tv announced today that it has secured an exclusive distribution deal with the electronic sports league, ESL, to broadcast electronic sports tournaments on Twitch.tv.

Any tournament run by ESL, including the upcoming Intel Extreme Masters tournaments, will be broadcast exclusively …

Major League Gaming’s Raleigh competition draws record audience

Videogame broadcaster and event producer Major League Gaming’s (MLG) most recent competitive event in Raleigh, N.C., drew more than 130,000 concurrent subscribers, not including streaming video delivered by MLG partner sites. That’s a new record for the company.

“This year …