Bankrupt 38 Studios finally unfreezes former employee’s 401(k) plans

Former 38 Studios's employees can now finally access their 401(k) money.

GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

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.

4 celebrities (other than Curt Schilling) whose games failed

Former baseball pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios may have just recently collapsed, but he isn't the first celebrity from another profession to have difficulty making video games. Here's a list that includes two world-class directors, a Hall of Fame NBA star, and Vin Diesel.

Curt Schilling dings Rhode Island governor for damaging remarks on 38 Studios

38 Studios founder Curt Schilling broke his silence today over the financial troubles that led to the mass layoffs at his video game studio.

38 Studios laid off nearly 400 employees last week after it couldn’t come up with payroll, …

Amidst political turmoil, 38 studios unveils first Project Copernicus video

Despite a public crisis in the state of Rhode Island, 38 Studios is still plugging away at its first MMO title based on the world from Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. The developer has finally made its overdue payment, but its financial situation remains unclear.

GamesBeat weekly news roundup

Here’s some of the stories that ran only on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more stories exclusively on the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat now, particularly when the stories are mainly of interest to game readers. The broader interest stories are …

Curt Schilling anxiously awaits his “opening day for games” (interview)

Tuesday is “opening day” for Curt Schilling. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher who won three World Series championships is about to launch his first video game. His game development studio 38 Studios and publisher Electronic Arts are launching the …

Top 10 new game brands of 2012

Earlier this month, VentureBeat published a list of 10 of the most anticipated video games of 2012. Some of you had plenty to say about our picks, especially the fact that most of them were sequels. With many established franchises …