GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
7 reasons why you should play The Secret World
What do werewolves, H.P. Lovecraft, and the Bogeyman all have in common? They’re part of The Secret World, a new massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) from Norwegian developer Funcom.
Carmageddon devs run over Double Fine’s Tim Schafer in the name of Kickstarter
Who says that time is a healer? Stainless Games certainly don’t think so, as they’ve demonstrated by lovingly digitizing Double Fine Production’s Tim Schafer for their Carmageddon Kickstarter campaign, then running him over. Three times.
Game sales crash 42 percent in April with a light release schedule and early Easter
Video game sales fell 42% percent in April, with total industry sales falling to $630.4 million from $930.9 million a year ago, according to market researcher NPD Group. The early Easter holiday this year may have contributed to the lower than expected sales numbers along with a relatively light game release schedule for the month.
Sony considering autostereoscopic display that adjusts to user’s position
Sony wants to improve 3D displays by having them adjust according to the viewer's distance from the screen.
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition is a successful port of an imperfect gem (review)
At $20, Minecraft is one of the most expensive Xbox Live Arcade games ever released, but it’s also one of the most substantial and definitely one of the most enjoyable.
Nintendo DSi, DSi XL receiving price cuts this month
Nintendo is slashing prices on its older portable systems.
Minecraft on Xbox 360 breaks digital-sales records in first day
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has broken all previous digital-sales records, selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours on Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft today announced.
Toy Soldiers: A Great War in a small box (review)
Xbox Live Arcade game Toy Soldiers deploys onto the PC, and it hasn't lost its entertaining mixture of action and tower defense. Plus, watching soldiers explode into tiny plastic parts never gets old.
Official DICE servers disappear from Battlefield 3 (updated)
Console gamers are reporting that the official DICE servers for Battlefield 3 multiplayer have been completely withdrawn, with the game now largely only playable on private rented servers.