GamesBeat weekly roundup: THQ, GameStick, and Project Shield

January 11, 2013 1:45 PM Jasmine Maleficent Rea
Jasmine Maleficent Rea

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.

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

January 11, 2013 9:13 AM Giancarlo Valdes
Giancarlo Valdes

The three PC games have a similar premise: Take Minecraft's block-building gameplay and add plenty of guns and explosions. We dove into each one to see just how different they are from one another.

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

January 10, 2013 6:00 AM Giancarlo Valdes
Giancarlo Valdes

The three PC games have a similar premise: Take Minecraft's block-building gameplay and add plenty of guns and explosions. We dove into each one to see just how different they are from one another.