Avengers Initiative delivers thrilling bite-sized superhero combat but not much else (review)

Marvel Comics' Hulk stars in this first chapter of Wideload Games' episodic mobile series, but even with all his strength, he still can't save it from wallowing in mediocrity.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Blizzard hacked, Nividia earnings rise, and more bad news for Zynga

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.

Death Rally paves a developer’s path into brave new world of games (interview)

Death Rally is a foot in the door for digital games at Remedy Entertainment. Maybe its next big thing will be a mobile game?

Infinity Blade II gets third major expansion, fixes infinite gold exploit

Lightsabers and chainsaws appear in the third and presumably final free major expansion.

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.

Zynga Partners for Mobile showcases an eclectic mix of gameplay experiences

Zynga Partners for Mobile already shows promise with its wide variety of games and genres.

Infinity Blade is more profitable than Gears of War

Epic Games is a developer famous for making technically proficient shooters. However, the company's most profitable game is an iOS title, Infinity Blade.

The DeanBeat: How developers can avoid a bloodbath in fighting for new users

In the past month, what app makers have to spend to get the attention of Apple device users has risen out of control. That’s a tough fact of life that could make survival hard in the Darwinian mobile app ecosystem. …

Epic’s Infinity Blade series has sold more than $30M on iOS

Epic Games said today that its Infinity Blade series of iOS games has sold more than $30 million to date. That suggests that console-quality games with outstanding 3D graphics have great potential on smartphones and tablets.

The sales include both …

Infinity Blade II review: more is actually more

Infinity Blade II is debuting today, and the mobile game reminds us of the attractions of iterative game development. The risk is low, the potential for gain is high. While an innovative game can change the course of development in …

Interview with Epic Games bosses on Infinity Blade 2 (video)

Epic Games today showed a demo of Infinity Blade 2, the latest game for the iPhone 4S and the iPad 2. The company was one of the few to take the stage at Apple’s press event introducing the new iPhone …

iPhone 4S gets a sequel of Epic Games’ Infinity Blade, but doesn’t do much else for gaming

Gears of War developer Epic Games today unveiled the second version of its hardcore mobile hack-and-slash game, Infinity Blade — designed specifically for Apple’s next iPhone (also unveiled today) and once again featuring suped-up graphics.

The original Infinity Blade broke …