Black Knight Sword’s punishing difficulty requires more luck than skill to overcome (review)
This twisted take on fairy tales comes from the mind of No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned creator Goichi Suda, a.k.a. "Suda51."
Middle Manager of Justice is all business, no gameplay (review)
Double Fine's foray into free-to-play is just the latest example of a business model taking precedence over good game design.
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.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: GLaDOS in Pacific Rim, more Black Ops II zombies, and Portal on a calculator
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.
Uncharted: Fight for Fortune plays its cards right (review)
Uncharted: Fight for Fortune is a fun little card game for the PlayStation Vita.
Guardians of Middle-earth dispels the difficulty of online battle arenas (review)
Guardians of Middle-earth's Tolkien-inspired take on the MOBA successfully brings the hardcore genre to consoles.
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dragonborn is a pint-sized Morrowind (review)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim's latest expansion Dragonborn adds all-new shouts, spells, and weapons to the game while examining how far one man will go to gain ultimate power and knowledge.
Threeview: Call of Duty: Black Ops II reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic
Our three different reviewers take on separate aspects of Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Activision Blizzard's first-person military shooter for the Xbox 360, PS3, Wii U, and PC.
Writer Rumble is a vicious but therapeutic exercise for former English majors (review)
Famous authors from the past battle against another with the most powerful weapon of all: words.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Humble THQ Bundle, sexism, and The Walking Dead Episode 5
This week, THQ releases Saints Row: The Third and more of its popular games in the first non-indie Humble Bundle, women in the games...