Ace of Spades, Brick-Force, and Guncraft fire away in a block-shooter faceoff

April 30, 2013 4:30 PM Giancarlo Valdes
Giancarlo Valdes

The three PC games have a similar premise: Take Minecraft's block-building gameplay and add plenty of guns and explosions. We dove into each one to see just how different they are from one another.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Wii U launch, Hitman: Absolution, and Persona 4: Golden

November 23, 2012 4:00 PM Jasmine Maleficent Rea
Jasmine Maleficent Rea

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.

Ace of Spades is much more than just ‘Minecraft with guns’ (hands-on preview)

November 20, 2012 9:00 AM Giancarlo Valdes
Giancarlo Valdes

Developer Jagex combines Minecraft's addicting building mechanics with a class-based multiplayer experience in this colorful first-person shooter.

Minecraft-like first-person shooter heads to Steam in December

November 1, 2012 8:42 AM Jeffrey Grubb
Jeffrey Grubb

The prototype of first-person shooter Ace of Spades already has 500,000 monthly players. Now, developer Jagex is helping prepare the game for a final release.