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, a judge allows Rhode Island to continue its lawsuit against 38 studios founder Curt Schilling, Nintendo reveals an new 2D version of the 3DS, and Candy Crush Saga developer King launches a lawsuit over alleged copyright infringement.
You’ll also find reviews for Killer is Dead and Madden NFL 25.
News:
- The DeanBeat: Can a price cut stop the Nintendo Wii U from sinking?
- Jazz Boatman is back to talk you into buying the Paradox Humble Bundle
- Slender: The Arrival and more coming from Majesco’s new indie-publishing label, Midnight City
- Wargaming’s unified premium account goes live, tying together multiple online games
- Saints Row IV sells 1 million copies in its first week
- GameBrain aims to aid indie devs with its cloud-based development and publishing platform
- Time Warner TV launches on Xbox Live with up to 300 channels
- London goes radioactive in free-to-play shooter Extraction from Nexon
- Sleep now, sweet prince: Update ends Microsoft Points on Xbox 360 today
Announcements, patches, and reveals:
- The Last of Us gets a new multiplayer mode in patch 1.03
- Wasteland 2 developer demos the title in 18-minute video walkthrough
- Nintendo releasing Zelda: Wind Waker HD early on eShop; Super Mario 3D World moves to November
- Nintendo cuts $50 off deluxe version of Wii U, launches Zelda bundle
- Nintendo unveils the 2DS handheld, sans 3D, for launch on same day as next Pokemon game
- Electronic Arts ‘no longer makes offline games’ but won’t a require connection
- Telltale expects to release Android versions of its games ‘going forward’
- The Walking Dead shuffles to Ouya this Winter
- Rockstar details Grand Theft Auto V Collector’s Edition digital content
- Google Play Games boss to devs: Android is a ‘party we want everyone to experience’
Xbox One vs. PS4:
- Like the PlayStation 4, Xbox One can download content while you’re not home
- Check out how much better voice chat sounds on Xbox One compared to Xbox 360
- Xbox One’s touted voice commands will only work in 5 countries at launch
- Microsoft plans ‘Day One’ bonuses for Xbox One’s Forza, Ryse, and Dead Rising 3
- Microsoft discloses details on Xbox One and Kinect chips — and how they should avoid the ‘Red Ring of Death’
- 340K attend Gamescom consumer show in Germany to play Xbox One and PlayStation 4
Mobile news:
- Dig up pixels on your iPhone: Terraria for iOS out now
- South Korea’s Gamevil invests in Relax Games startup
- Funcom piecing together Lego Minifigures Online for PC, mobile
- The cost of acquiring mobile app users soars to highest level in 2 years
- Despicable Me game vaults Gameloft to top of July mobile downloads
- Unity embraces the cloud and blasts out a bunch of tools for mobile-game developers
Social, social, social:
- Win rolls the dice to be a player in social casino games
- Facebook expands ties with Unity to make cross-platform 3D games easier to build
Above: Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting for the Virtual Boy console.
Tech:
- Digital Storm launches a monstrous HydroLux cooling system for gamer PCs
- Developers can use Mixamo’s Face Plus to capture your facial expressions in real-time
- LG teams with cloud-gaming firm Ubitus for game-streaming service for Smart TVs
- With Playnomics, data science predicts which players will quit a game in the next month
- Autodesk to charge $50 a month for Maya LT 3D animation tool for indie and mobile game developers
- Logitech claims its new wireless gaming mouse has 250-hour battery life
- Street Fighter II for Virtual Boy is red and amazing
- Virtual reality goggles let you simulate skydiving — without falling from the sky
Trailer hoedown:
- Final Grand Theft Auto V trailer features explosions and personal submersibles
- Treyarch shows off final Call of Duty: Black Ops II maps in new trailer
Ruh-roh:
- Court allows Rhode Island to sue ex-baseball star Curt Schilling over failed 38 Studios game startup
- King sues 6waves for allegedly copying two social games (exclusive)
- Sony apologizes as Grand Theft Auto V assets leak online
Above: Film director Uwe Boll
Image Credit: Uwe Boll
All this funding:
- Uwe Boll wants you to give him $500K, so he can make a Postal 2 movie (and give his stars cocaine)
- Over-the-top football game Gridiron Thunder hits Kickstarter goal
- The controversial Shadow of the Eternals fails to hit Kickstarter goal
Reviews:
- Killer is Dead’s strong swordplay almost redeems its problems (review)
- Madden NFL 25 is an enjoyable milestone that overlooks its legacy (review)
Pieces of flair:
- The GamesBeat community reacts to the Nintendo 2DS
- Ganon’s castle would cost $57 million and be located in Tuscany (if it were real)
- Who’s got game? Yo mamma: 3 out of 4 moms play video games (study)
- Study: Starcraft II might supercharge the brain’s problem-solving agility
- Disney Infinity game guide: Level up every character and unlock every item