Pirated Modern Warfare 3 discs are already spreading (exclusive)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 doesn’t come out until Nov. 8. But pirates have already obtained the video game — one of the...
Review: Battlefield 3 is EA’s biggest fumble since Medal of Honor
Battlefield 3 is easily the most important holiday release for Electronic Arts. All year the publisher has aggressively hyped the DICE-developed sequel as a Call...
Modern Warfare 3 trailer prepares gamers for mass destruction
Activision Blizzard released a trailer for the single-player version of the Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 game today. The preview shows the title...
Our picks for the best video games of the fall season
NOTE: Each week, I’m writing a column on videogames called The DeanBeat that’s available to newsletter subscribers a day before it appears on the...
Battlefield 3 multiplayer open beta: first impressions
Electronic Arts launched its Battlefield 3 multiplayer open beta test today for fans of the combat series. EA opened the game to all players...
The DeanBeat: The video game industry’s grudge matches
EDITOR’S NOTE: Welcome to VentureBeat’s new newsletters. Each week, I’m writing a column on an aspect of gaming world that GamesBeat covers. My colleague...
The DeanBeat column: Stopping to think about the culture of bloodlust
Welcome to the front lines of gaming. I’ve been covering the game industry on a day-to-day basis for about 15 years, mainly by immersing...
Call of Duty consumes the time of four or five Activision studios (video)
Dave Stohl is one of the guys who decides how many developers Activision Blizzard puts to work on its Call of Duty games. With Call of...
Here’s what the lucky bastards got to do at Call of Duty XP event (photo gallery)
The Call of Duty XP event took place in a giant hangar on Friday and Saturday in Los Angeles. It was the place to...
Activision boss on what puts Call of Duty in a class by itself (video)
Eric Hirshberg, the president and chief executive of Activision Publishing ( a division of Activision Blizzard), is treating 6,000 Call of Duty fans to...