Crysis 2 leads the list of 2011’s most pirated games
Editorial ‘game of the year 2011’ picks favored the likes of Uncharted 3 and Skyrim, but the pirate vote went to Crysis 2. According...
Redbox announces its most-rented movie of 2011
With 2011 in the bag, Coinstar-owned DVD rental company Redbox has revealed which movies were the most-rented, by genre, throughout all of last year....
The most popular GamesBeat stories of 2011
Want to know which GamesBeat stories ranked most popular in 2011 — the ones that took off into the stratosphere in terms of traffic?...
Wii U likely to implement a full app store upon release
The upcoming Nintendo console Wii U may include a full app store, much larger and more robust than the current stores Nintendo has implemented...
Skyrim isn’t (that) broken
Who would have thought that one of the most entertaining experiences in gaming this year would be watching a dragon fly ass-first through the air in...
Atari’s latest legal actions “appear to be putting the squeeze on hundreds of apps”
A project update for iOS game Vector Tanks 3 on crowd-sourcing platform Kickstarter revealed that Atari has started threatening legal action against indie game...
Updated: Nintendo, Sony and EA quietly drop SOPA support
[Update: EA says this story is incorrect, as it never specifically voiced its support for the Senate version of SOPA, and so hasn’t withdrawn...
Remembering… Golden Sun
Remembering… Golden Sun Although it's an established destination for Japanese role-playing games, the Game Boy Advance's opening months were particularly empty when it came...
Ocean Marketing holds N-Control’s digital accounts hostage, relents after more drama
You’d think that Ocean Marketing’s Paul Christoforo would try to avoid the limelight after one of the worst PR moves ever this week, but...
The DeanBeat: From the Supreme Court to Anonymous, 2011 was a transformational year for games
Skyrim was the “most played” game of the year, and we voted Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception our Game of the Year. But if you...