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.
EA returns official DICE servers to Battlefield 3
Electronic Arts has responded to public opinion by returning DICE-controlled servers to the console versions of Battlefield 3 today.
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Console gamers are reporting that the official DICE servers for Battlefield 3 multiplayer have been completely withdrawn, with the game now largely only playable on private rented servers.
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.
Breaking down Conquest Domination in Battlefield 3: Close Quarters’ Donya Fortress (preview)
The upcoming Battlefield 3: Close Quarters expansion pack promotes frantic firefights and soldier-on-soldier combat. We get some hands-on time with Donya Fortress, one of four maps arriving in June.
Game publisher Electronic Arts is voted the “Worst Company in America”
Video game publisher Electronic Arts has a new feather in its cap: It has won The Consumerist’s Worst Company in America award. The tournament...
Can we panic now? — Core gaming has a problem
THQ layoffs, Sega cancellations, and Sony studio closures caused last week to be one of the worst in memory for the gaming industry. Compare that to mobile darling OMGPOP which was sold for $210 million based on the strength of one game. It seems like one side of the market is on its way down, while the other side has nothing but growth ahead of it, but that isn't necessarily the case.
EA’s Patrick Soderlund sounds off on Medal of Honor and Battlefield games
As the head of the EA Games label, Patrick Soderlund (pictured) oversees Electronic Arts’ Medal of Honor, Battlefield, Need for Speed, Dead Space, and...
A roundup of stories from the Game Developers Conference
Our GamesBeat team is exhausted after five days of covering the biggest show for game developers in San Francisco. Here’s a day-by-day roundup of...
EA lines up three Battlefield 3 expansions for 2012
Electronic Arts announced last night that it will launch three new expansions for Battlefield 3 as it tries to establish the game as a...