Imprisoned Arma III devs free on bail
The pair of Czech developers who were arrested in Greece for allegedly photographing a military installation may now return home.
Imprisoned Arma II developer helping DayZ map design from behind bars
Despite his imprisonment, Ivan Buchta is providing insight toward the development of DayZ's world map.
DayZ standalone entering prerelease testing soon
The open-world survival game didn't hit its scheduled release, but a closed beta is coming soon.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: THQ bankrupt, Machinima downsizes, and Shaq is back
If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best video game stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.
The best games of 2012 (GamesBeat staff picks)
The Walking Dead may be GamesBeat's Game of the Year for 2012, but here's the other titles our staff picked as contenders for the crown.
DayZ lead designer considered leaving the project
In a post to a community site, the lead designer on the open-world Zombie game reveals the toll development has taken on him.
Valve pulls The War Z from Steam over fan backlash, offers refunds
The zombie-apocalypse title has enraged gamers with false claims, exploitative micro-transactions, and more.
Developer using Kickstarter to fund a stealth survival game for the British gentleman
Pipe-smoking robots hunt humans across the English countryside in Sir, You Are Being Hunted.
The DeanBeat: Raptr’s gamer data shows that building real communities pays off in profits (it’s the community, stupid)
Doing good by the community yields profits, so say the numbers from Raptr's social network for gamers.
14 ways zombie hunting in The War Z stands out from DayZ (hands-on preview)
Many were quick to call out The War Z as a copycat reaction to the popular ArmA II mod DayZ. After our brief hands-on time with the game, however, it's clear that Hammerpoint Interactive's MMO is much more than that.