The best games of 2012 (GamesBeat staff picks)
The Walking Dead may be GamesBeat's Game of the Year for 2012, but here's the other titles our staff picked as contenders for the crown.
National Rifle Association blames video games for mass murders
During its Friday news conference, the National Rifle Association pointed toward games and the media.
The DeanBeat: The Newtown shooting will turn up the heat on video game violence — but will it make us think?
It's time to solve this emotional fight.
GamesBeat’s 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead
GamesBeat's 2012 Game of the Year is an excellent example of emotional and compelling interactive storytelling.
Hawken’s open beta shows a thoughtfully designed mech combat game (preview)
But can Hawken's amazing attention to detail, capturing the weighty power of a multi-ton war machine, carry it through the pitfalls of free-to-play game design?
Developers imagine how Nintendo’s games could play on Wii U
Developers weigh in on how Nintendo's best games could be made better with the Wii U's GamePad.
Kabam scores big with highest-grossing game on App Store for 2012
Kabam made a name for itself as a maker of hardcore social games on Facebook, but it made an even bigger splash with its first game on the Apple iTunes App Store. Kingdoms of Camelot: Battle for the North placed first on Apple’s list of the highest-grossing apps for 2012.
DayZ lead designer considered leaving the project
In a post to a community site, the lead designer on the open-world Zombie game reveals the toll development has taken on him.
Updated: Apple freezes the App Store in advance of the holiday app-downloading bonanza
Tis the season to download lots of apps
Wargaming closes 2012 with a whopping 45M World of Tanks players
The company added 27 million players to the game during 2012.