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.
This week, Zynga loses more executives, Microsoft announces that its surface tablets will run Unreal Engine 3, and Double Fine reveals its first iOS game, Middle Manager of Justice, that’s all about managing superhero careers.
You’ll also find reviews for Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and the Origin PC Eon11-S gaming laptop as well as previews for Resident Evil 6 and Adventure Time.
News
- The DeanBeat: Being a tortoise isn’t so bad, but the water is choppy, EA’s top game studio boss says
- Zynga hires a real-money gambling chief
- Microsoft unveils first wave of Xbox Live games on Windows 8
- Game streaming lives on as Big Fish launches 100 cloud games on Android devices
- HitPoint Studios unveils Adera game for Windows 8 and Microsoft Surface tablets
- Techland wants gamers’ help shaping the brutal, dark fantasy world of Project Hell
- The ‘King of Kong’ star is out to set a new record in a Donkey Kong-inspired game
- Fans enjoy partial success in mission to bring Japanese role-playing games to U.S.
- Would EA venture into real-money online gambling?
- Embracing the crowd, Valve puts indie games up for vote with Steam Greenlight’s launch
- Location, location, location: Red Robot Labs unveils Life is Magic game, where you fight for territory
- Goodbye, OnLive. Hello, Square Enix. Core Online service brings high-def games to browsers
- Game Roulette is the app for when you have too many apps
- FAA seeks to ease rules on in-flight electronics
- KickAssist will bring attention and dollars to small Kickstarter game projects
- Hearthfire blends The Sims with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
- Microsoft and Red Bull team up on Kinect ‘crashed ice’ game for Xbox Live Arcade (exclusive)
- From Japanese history to Thief: The inspiration behind Mark of the Ninja
- LG opens its Game World for SmartTV players
Mobile news
- Double Fine reveals Middle Manager of Justice, a superhero office-management sim for iOS
- Game streaming lives on as Big Fish launches 100 cloud games on Android devices
- Mobile game studios and big publishers talk strategy
- Chartboost’s Kiosk program creates new revenue opportunities for mobile game developers
- W3i triples growth for its mobile monetization business (exclusive)
- Pocket Gems launches Tap Campus Life mobile sorority game
- Square Enix slaps release date on $29 (!) mobile game
MMO news
- PointMMO launches massively multiplayer online game portal (exclusive)
- Blizzard counterprograms its latest World of Warcraft patch against Guild Wars 2′s debut
Interviews
Reviews
- Review: The Origin PC Eon11-S gamer laptop exploits intelligent graphics processing
- In Transformers: Fall of Cybertron, you either change or die (review)
Previews
- Satisfy your lust for loot in Adventure Time’s comical take on fantasy roleplaying (preview)
- Resident Evil 6 brings back the zombies, but not in a way that you’d expect (hands-on preview)
OnLive
- OnLive’s Steve Perlman bids farewell, says other projects will ‘blow your mind’
- OnLive founder and CEO Steve Perlman ousted [updated]
- Timeline: A chronology of the life of OnLive
- Steve Perlman donates $50K to ex-OnLive employee health fund
- Microsoft to OnLive employees: We won’t buy ya, but we’ll hire ya
House of Zynga
- Another day, another Zynga double departure
- In latest departure, Zynga loses its chief creative officer
- Zynga hires a real-money gambling chief
Windows 8 and Surface tablets