Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot sees big opportunity in the console transition (interview)

Ubisoft CEO believes good properties -- the games -- are the key to lengevity in the game business.

Hardware: Shipbreakers developer plans to carve out market next to League of Legends (exclusive)

Hardware is a free-to-play real-time-strategy game set in a sci-fi universe.

Infinite Crisis takes on League of Legends with DC characters (video interview)

The new Warner Bros. title will let you pick from multiple versions of your favorite DC Comics characters and battle in a dynamic arena.

Infinite Crisis melds MOBA genre with familiar DC heroes (hands-on preview)

GamesBeat goes hands-on with the new multiplayer online battle-arena title from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Turbine.

Zynga reveals League of Legends-like Solstice Arena for mobile

Zynga has its own MOBA, but it is focusing on mobile rather than on competing with League of Legends or Dota 2.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Next Xbox rumors, BioShock Infinite talk, and more …

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.

League of Legends is crushing World of Warcraft in China’s Internet cafes (exclusive)

Tencent is giving Activision Blizzard a run for its money in the huge Chinese online gaming market.

Blizzard purchases IGN e-sports league to help manage StarCraft II competitions

Blizzard is looking to have more of an influence over how its game is used in e-sports.

Total War series gets a League of Legends-style spin-off

Total War: Rome II is still in the works, but Creative Assembly wants in on some of that MOBA action.

Infinite Crisis proves that superhuman brawls never get old (preview)

Turbine takes a break from its MMO duties with Infinite Crisis, a multiplayer online battle arena game that throws in parallel versions of famous DC superheroes like Batman and Wonder Woman.

Twitch removes ads in its game livestreaming with new $8.99/month Turbo service

Twitch Turbo ads a few bonuses and removes the commercials for $8.99 a month.

League of Legends Season 3: Taking the ‘e’ out of e-sports

Coming out of a World Tournament that elevated e-sports' popularity into the big leagues, Riot Games is planning to take League of Legends mainstream by erasing the distinctions between sports and e-sports.

How major MMOs are celebrating Christmas in-game (gallery)

Some have you saving Santa, some have you killing him -- but either way, he's giving up that holiday loot.