Survey: iPhone has biggest potential for games
Apple’s iPhone will be the games industry’s favorite platform going forward, according to a survey just conducted of industry executives and interested readers.
The survey also found that micro-transactions, such as purchases of virtual goods in online games, are expected to have the highest impact on the video game industry in the next five years.
The results are from VentureBeat’s first game industry survey, conducted on the eve of our GamesBeat 2009 conference being held tomorrow in… Continue Reading
Who’s got game? Introducing the GamesBeat 2009 startup competition
Who’s got game? That’s what we’ll be asking during a special competition happening at VentureBeat’s inaugural games conference for the industry’s top players, on March 24, 2009, at the Mission Bay Conference Center on UCSF’s campus in San Francisco, CA.
Opportunity for Innovators One of the goals of GamesBeat is to give entrepreneurs a platform to share some of the newest innovations most likely to move the gaming industry forward. We’re challenging companies with the latest technologies to… Continue Reading
Introducing GamesBeat 2009, a conference about the future of the video game business
[Update: See our new GamesBeat 2009 Games Conference site here.]
We’re pleased to announce that VentureBeat will hold its first annual games conference, called GamesBeat 2009, on March 24, 2009.
We’ve consulted with the top players in the games industry as we built our vision for the conference. They’ve told us there are few, if any, places where business leaders and entrepreneurs can discuss gaming’s biggest issues in an intimate setting with high-level networking. They’re craving insight… Continue Reading