The DeanBeat: The critical season for game sales is upon us
The holidays came early for a lot of gamers in November, with releases ranging from Uncharted 3: Drake’s Fortune to Call of Duty Modern...
EA finally starts issuing Battlefield 1943 vouchers to PS3 gamers
After experiencing high level of backlash, including a lawsuit filed against the company, Electronic Arts has finally responded to public pressure by delivering the...
Top 10 iOS games of 2011
What makes a great mobile game? Eye popping visuals? Solid gameplay and controls? Ease of entry, pick up and play features? Are casual games...
The top 10 Thanksgiving mobile games
Heyzap has put together a list of the top 10 Thanksgiving-themed mobile games in case you want to get into the holiday spirit and...
Square Enix to open new Montreal studio, set to work on unannounced Hitman title
Square Enix has today announced plans for expansion in Montreal, Canada. New jobs will be created at Eidos Montreal, alongside the opening of a...
Zynga’s CastleVille is off to fast start with 5M daily users
Zynga’s CastleVille social game, the newest title in a series that has entertained more than 100 million Facebook players, is off to a fast...
Review: Need for Speed: The Run falls miles behind Hot Pursuit
Need for Speed: The Run is Electronic Arts’ newest installment in the long-running franchise and the next try at restoring the series back to...
The DeanBeat: Building a better GamesBeat
For almost four years, we’ve been building out GamesBeat as VentureBeat’s game channel. We have held three annual GamesBeat conferences where the movers and...
Modern Warfare 3 trounces Battlefield 3 in online play time
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is blasting away at Battlefield 3 in the number of hours played, according to an analysis and survey...
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim ships 7M copies, actual sales unclear
Bethesda Softworks, publisher of last week’s long-awaited The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, has announced that its latest game has shipped seven million copies globally...