The state of Mario: How Nintendo attempts to make its beloved mascot relevant in 2013

GamesBeat spoke with Koichi Hayashida and Yoshiaki Koizumi at E3 to find out how Nintendo keeps its legendary mascot feel fresh and exciting from one Mario game to the next.

How GungHo Online Entertainment created Puzzle & Dragons, the surprise billion-dollar mobile game

The company's hit game is on its way to $1 billion in revenue, and its market value is bigger than Zynga's.

AppSurfer adds tablet apps to web-based try-before-you-buy Android app demos

While a couple of bucks for an app may not be a big deal, no one wants to waste money. So try-before-you-buy is a great idea, especially for those apps that you can't full evaluate within the 15-minute Google Play refund period.

Life after Angry Birds: Former Rovio devs enjoy more freedom with their new studio

GamesBeat interviews two of the three former Angry Birds developers at Boomlagoon to find out how they've handled the transition from working at a large company to a drastically smaller studio.

Noble Nutlings is a safe debut from three former Angry Birds developers (review)

Created by three former Angry Birds developers, Noble Nutlings is a frantic hybrid of racing and puzzle-solving that features a trio of not-so-angry squirrels.

The DeanBeat: The game industry’s calendar will be different in 2013

It's going to be a year full of interesting gaming news, from new console launches to new mobile device debuts.

The 5 worst examples of game-related advertising, marketing, and public relations

The past year served up plenty of examples of the awful advertising, marketing, and public relations campaigns that surround gaming.

Top gaming technologies of 2012

This year saw the continued evolution of three consumer technologies -- autostereoscopy, touch sensing, and motion sense – with direct application in the gaming world.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: GLaDOS in Pacific Rim, more Black Ops II zombies, and Portal on a calculator

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.