We’ve unveiled our first speakers and other details for our fourth annual game conference, GamesBeat 2012. Our roster of speakers includes Will Wright, creator of blockbuster video games from Sim City to The Sims and Spore. Wright is now the …
GamesBeat becomes bible of the Games industry: Acquires Bitmob
I’m delighted to confirm that VentureBeat has acquired Bitmob, the respected gaming news site known for its passionate community of users. Bitmob will be integrated with our GamesBeat channel.
The best part of the deal: Bitmob co-founder Dan “Shoe” Hsu, …
The rise of tablet gaming
Tablet gaming could be a huge market, disrupting traditional game hardware markets.
With more than 25 million units sold, the iPad has become much larger than a number of other historic game platforms (the Sega Dreamcast sold about 8 million …
Reflections on GamesBeat 2011 and the road ahead in mobile games
Our well-attended GamesBeat 2011 conference took place this week and this is my chance to thank our participants, speakers and sponsors as well as fill you in on the important things that transpired at the vent. As I noted in …
Japanese monster social network Kaiju’s got game this year at GamesBeat 2011
This year’s winner of VentureBeat’s “Who’s Got Game” startup competition this year is Kaiju, a social games maker that creates games built around outlandish Godzilla-style monsters.
This company makes games that bring comically outlandish Japanese-style monsters back to video games. …
Welcome to GamesBeat and MobileBeat 2011!
Two of VentureBeat’s biggest conferences kick off today in San Francisco, Calif. — MobileBeat 2011 and GamesBeat 2011. We’re convening the brightest minds from across all sectors of the industry to explore who will win in what we’re calling “the …
And we’re signing up even more great GamesBeat speakers
Today we’re revealing the eleventh group of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our newest batch of speakers illustrates the wide variety of speakers and topics we’re getting for our event on July 12-13 at the Palace Hotel …
Lolapps acquires a Flash game engine that makes Facebook games run fast
Aiming for an advantage in graphics in social games, Lolapps has acquired the Fliso Engine from Sean Cooper Games and hired its creator.
The Fliso Engine is an engine, or foundation for creating games, that designers can used to create …
Meet our all-star panel of judges for our game start-up contest, Who’s Got Game?
VentureBeat is delighted to announce our all-star panel of judges for our third-annual Who’s Got Game? contest. This contest selects the best game start-up after a grueling on-stage bake-off.
This year’s contest, to be held during the GamesBeat 2011 conference …
Here are our latest speakers for GamesBeat 2011
Today we’re revealing the fifth set of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our slate of speakers will include Rich Wong, partner with venture capital firm Accel; Chris Bergstresser, executive vice president of online game portal Miniclip; and …
And our latest and greatest speakers at GamesBeat 2011
Today we’re revealing the fifth set of speakers for our third annual GamesBeat 2011 conference. Our slate of speakers will include Neil Young, founder and CEO of Ngmoco; Andrej Naborgoj, CEO of Outfit 7, the maker of Talking Friends; and …
