Minecraft digs upwards and becomes most-played Xbox Live Arcade title
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition became the most-played Xbox Live Arcade title in the first week of its release. Turns out digging for mono-colored boxes is actually fun.
How gaming’s biggest blockbusters affect monthly sales (infographic)
If you ever doubted the impact that blockbuster games have on monthly software sales, then this new infographic will convince you of the importance of AAA titles.
Harley Quinn gets her revenge in Batman: Arkham City GOTY Edition
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has announced last October’s Batman: Arkham City will be receiving a Game of the Year Edition on May 29. The...
GamesBeat Weekly Roundup
Here are some of the stories that ran on GamesBeat this week. We’re running more articles exclusively in the GamesBeat section of VentureBeat, particularly...
A sick April Fools message from Batman: Arkham City’s Calendar Man
If you had any conversations with the imprisoned villain Calendar Man in last year's action-adventure hit Batman: Arkham City, you know that he hints at a few special dates...one of them being today, April 1. If you visit him today in the basement of the Solomon Wayne Courthouse (in the northwest corner of the city), he'll have this special message for you:
Nintendo and Hasbro unveil “Super Smash Bronies” game (exclusive)
This month’s Game Informer cover (scanned in and sent to GamesBeat by a reader) is for Nintendo and Hasbro’s oft-rumored crossover spectacular, Super Smash...
NAVGTR announces nominees for 2012 game awards
The National Academy of Video Game Testers and Reviewers (NAVGTR, pronounced "navigator") announced its list of nominees for their 2012 NAVGTR video game awards. Voice actors Tom Sizemore and Tara Platt were on hand to present the nominations.
The organization plans to have a panel of game journalists and other industry folks debate the list and predict the winners during the PAX East festival this April. It will announce the winners shortly afterwards.
And the nominees are...
Opinions, tears, and expletives: David Jaffe explains why games shouldn’t have stories
Twisted Metal Game Director David Jaffe was one of a few speakers selected to give a presentation at DICE this year. Jaffe’s vulgar language...
Surprises abound as Amazon reveals its 10 best-selling games of 2011
Amazon has released its top-selling digital and physical game titles from 2011. The online retailer has quickly become the quintessential center of great gaming deals, release-day shipping,...
GamesBeat Reviews
Below are all the reviews from GamesBeat in 2011. They are listed in reverse-chronological order by the date the review was posted, NOT the...