The best video game soundtracks of 2012
This was an outstanding year for game soundtracks. Whether chiptune or orchestral, the top 10 soundtracks of the year are beautiful and moving in vastly different ways.
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.
Love your free players to unlock the full potential of free-to-play games
It’s already clear that free-to-play games are having a profound impact on the industry landscape. Their initial success is in large part driven by...
Rise of the Hutt Cartel expansion coming to Star Wars: The Old Republic
BioWare reveals its first digital expansion for Star Wars: The Old Republic.
Insomaniac’s Fuse lets you lead a team of four badass agents (preview)
The single-player version lets you shift between four characters.
Mass Effect 3: Omega is explosive, nostalgic, and somewhat pointless (review)
While Mass Effect 3: Omega has its good, trigger-happy moments, it doesn't bring enough of the saga's signature storytelling to the forefront.
The DeanBeat: The accelerated change of the game industry
Waves of change in the game business could either sweep you aside or take you to a new shore.
Dead Space 3 ain’t a walk in the park (hands-on preview)
Set on the bone-chilling frozen world of Tau Volantis, Dead Space 3 is aimed at gamers who want to be scared out of their wits at the same time they’re slaughtering masses of horrible monsters. While some fans fear that it has too much action, I detected plenty of scary stuff in the demos that I’ve seen.
Insomniac’s Fuse promises some intense multiplayer co-op battles (hands-on preview)
There's nothing exactly like Fuse out there when it comes to multiplayer combat, and that's a good thing.
Insomniac’s Ted Price says the industry’s malaise mandated drastic changes to Fuse sci-fi game (interview)
In a GamesBeat interview, Insomniac's leader explains why the drastic changes are good for gamers. And he talks about surviving amid the accelerated change of the game business.