Getting started with strategy-RPGs
Strategy-RPGs can be very intimidating. People worry that they won't understand what's going on…that it'll be hard or boring. So if you've made it...
5.5 million hours spent in Star Wars: The Old Republic over Christmas weekend
Electronic Arts is touting the latest numbers for Star Wars: The Old Republic, and it seemed that lightsaber hums competed hard with the sound...
2011 was a great year for gamers
Gamers had plenty of great titles to play this year. As a quick look at Metacritic’s 2011 results will show. The website collects review...
Skyrim web app knows all 21,000 cocktail recipes
A new web app has been released containing approximately 21,000 alchemy recipes in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Speaking exclusively to GamesBeat, co-creator Jason Bradicich of...
The best indie games of 2011
Indie games are officially in style. Amidst all the bundles that have been offered for so very little money all year, it can sometimes...
Microsoft to remove all “gun-like” Avatar items from Xbox Live
According to Epic Games Community Manager Will Kinsler, Microsoft will be removing all gun-like Avatar items from the Xbox Live Marketplace on January 1,...
Star Wars: The Old Republic reaches 1M registered users in less than a week
Over one million people have registered to play Star Wars: The Old Republic less than one week into the game’s launch, making it the fastest-growing...
Buddy can you spare a dollar? Indie game developer makes you think about being homeless
This week I played a game called Homeless on my Xbox 360 game console. The game involved bumming quarters from passers by, trying to...
The DeanBeat: Game industry predictions for 2012
We all know how worthless predictions can be, but they’re kind of irresistible. They’re easy to make, particularly if nobody pays attention to whether...
Top 10 new game brands of 2012
Earlier this month, VentureBeat published a list of 10 of the most anticipated video games of 2012. Some of you had plenty to say...