Gree searches for the billion-dollar game from its swanky S.F. headquarters (interview)

With 450 people at its U.S. headquarters, Japan's Gree is chasing after the giant mobile game.

Updated: YetiZen explains hiring of gamer models, not dancers, for its GDC party

The fingers are pointing after accusations that dancers at a party were demeaning to women.

Wargaming buys Gas Powered Games following failed Kickstarter and layoffs

The World of Tanks developer has acquired the Supreme Commander 2 studio.

The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012

The game industry set a new record for the money spent on acquisitions, but the number of deals dropped.

World of Tanks now has 40 million users; especially popular in Russia

The popular free-to-play title had over 500,000 simultaneous players on the Russian server.

World of Tanks: Generals is Wargaming’s new card-based strategy MMO for browsers

World of Tanks: Generals represents Wargaming's move into browser-based platforms.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard hacked, Nividia earnings rise, and more bad news for Zynga

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.

Wargaming acquires BigWorld middleware firm for $45M (exclusive)

Wargaming, publisher of the spectacularly successful multiplayer title World of Tanks, has acquired Australian online-game software maker BigWorld for $45 million.