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.
Battlefield 3 gets numerous tweaks and fixes, just in time for new $50 “Premium” service
Good news for ongoing Battlefield 3 players: a massive title update will be released on June 4. Like previous title updates, the changelog is quite extensive, and addresses a number of issues players have been debating lately.
FIFA 13 makes key adjustments for a more-realistic soccer game
Developer EA Canada is making some subtle, yet key, gameplay changes to the FIFA formula to give its core fans a more-realistic soccer experience.
4 celebrities (other than Curt Schilling) whose games failed
Former baseball pitcher Curt Schilling's 38 Studios may have just recently collapsed, but he isn't the first celebrity from another profession to have difficulty making video games. Here's a list that includes two world-class directors, a Hall of Fame NBA star, and Vin Diesel.
BioWare lays off staff on Star Wars: The Old Republic, EA to shift employees [updated]
BioWare Austin, a division of Electronic Arts (EA), is cutting staff.
Origin offers 90 days of free distribution to successful Kickstarter games
By taking advantage of EA's generosity, crowd-funded games will have a chance to reach Origin's growing audience of more than 12 million users worldwide.
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.
The EA-Activision legal feud takes unexpected twists
The lawsuit over the breakup of Infinity Ward and Activision Blizzard has been a proxy war between two industry giants. But this week, the legal case...
Activision and EA settle Infinity Ward lawsuit
In a joint statement, both publishers say they have agreed to put the matter behind them.
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.