CCP holding special Eve Online/Dust 514 event at PAX East for players to make in-game ‘history’

Developer CCP Games will also announce a new expansion for Eve Online.

CCP: ‘No reason we need to stop at just Eve and Dust’ as MMO passes 500K subscribers

Developer CCP Games wants to add more games to its Eve universe.

Orbital Strikes offer a fascinating glimpse into Dust 514′s future

Eve Online players can now wage war for or against mercenaries in CCP Games' free-to-play shooter Dust 514.

Dust 514 successfully merged with Eve online — open beta starts next week

Developer CCP Games combined its MMO space game with a first-person shooter, and the open beta is imminent.

Nintendo and Wii U eShop impressing indie developers faster than Microsoft and Sony

Nintendo is making the Wii U eShop experience painless for indie developers. How about Microsoft and Sony?

PlayStation 3 Super Slim isn’t worth the upgrade (review)

The new PlayStation Super Slim is here. But should you buy this ugly console?

New Dust 514 screens showcase life as a foot soldier in Eve Online’s world of space menus

New Dust 514 screens show off just how different it is from Eve Online.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Dawnguard, Zynga Unleashed, and Sega’s ongoing decline

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.

CCP’s David Reid says Dust 514 heralds a new free-to-play era on consoles (interview)

Our interview with CCP Games chief marketing officer David Reid details the free-to-play business model of its upcoming console shooter Dust 514, its tie-ins with the massively multiplayer PC title Eve Online, and the challenges faced in balancing and marketing another shooter for a console audience.

Dust 514 prelaunch bundle offers enhanced arsenal and beta access (updated)

Developer CCP Games' upcoming free-to-play PlayStation 3 shooter Dust 514 brings the pre-launch Mercenary Pack bundle to prospective players. Find out what's included here.

CCP president takes off to do startup in games and health

Mike Tinney, president of online games company CCP Games North America, has decided to leave the company to create a new startup in the games and health space.

Tinney has been directly involved in board and online gaming since 1993, …

CCP Games hires David Reid as chief marketing officer as Dust 514 nears launch

Gearing up for a big marketing campaign, Eve Online game publisher CCP Games has hired David Reid as its new chief marketing officer.

Reid joins the Reykjavik, Iceland-based company as it prepares to launch its biggest game in years, the …

Online shooter Dust 514 to require a $10 “cover charge”

Gamers interested in Dust 514, an online first-person shooting game that ties in with the EVE Online universe, will have to pay a “cover charge” to begin playing the game.

Dust 514 is one of a number of games called …

This year’s coolest technology at E3

With the video game industry’s largest trade show over, it’s time to wrap up some of the highlights. Here’s a look at some of the coolest new types of gaming technology VentureBeat saw at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

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This year’s top surprises at E3

With the video game industry’s largest trade show over, it’s time to wrap up some of the highlights. We’ll start with the biggest surprises that VentureBeat’s Dean Takahashi and I saw at the Electronic Entertainment Expo.

Franchise reboots are as