2012’s most innovative game ideas
The video game industry always moves forward, striving to do more. The games we played in 2012 impressed and surprised us with the risks they took and gave us great hopes for what comes next.
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.
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.
Report: The most-played games of 2012
Raptr released its annual Raptr Report detailing the most played games of 2012, and it carries a few surprises about how gamers spent their time this year.
BioShock Infinite’s generic protagonist fits into every game (gallery)
See Booker DeWitt, poster boy of BioShock Infinite's generic box art, star in other action games like Tomb Raider, Mass Effect 3, and Max Payne.
From concept art to polygons: A visual comparison
See the transformation from concept art to 3D models for 15 video game characters like Cortana, Nathan Drake, and Bayonetta.
GameStop: Knowledgeable employees ‘drive’ its growing downloadable content business
We talk to GameStop's director of retail digital distribution, Brad Schliesser, about the retailer's philosophy behind in-store DLC sales.
How EA can get people to care about Mass Effect again
Most players probably don’t know that Mass Effect 3’s latest single-player content pack, Omega, is out because they don't care about the franchise anymore. And EA should do something about it.
Why you should wait on a Wii U (review)
Nintendo's new Wii U video-game console builds on the strengths of its smash-hit predecessor and introduces a few innovations of its own, and that's precisely why you should hold off from buying one just yet.