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 top 25 technology books of all time
Technology teaches us to forget the past. Last year’s tech news seems like it has no use whatsoever. Thankfully, historians beg to differ, and...
With Xbox 360 sales slowing down, Windows Phone desperately needs to succeed
Microsoft had mostly good news to report in its third quarter earnings today, although one division stood out as the biggest loser: Entertainment &...
Save the universe date: Halo 4 to launch on November 6
Halo 4, the eighth installment of the long-running Xbox franchise, will launch on Nov. 6. The game is the latest in a series that...
How Fez’s first-day sales compare to Braid, Limbo, and other XBLA hits
In just 24 hours, Polytron Corporations' pixelated platformer has sold almost 20,000 copies. This places it among some of Xbox Live Arcade's quickest selling titles.
Polytron acknowledges “pretty serious” bugs in Fez
Developer Polytron launched its Xbox Live Arcade game Fez on Friday to much critical acclaim. However, many players have taken to Twitter and message...
Valve researcher focuses on wearable computing
Michael Abrash, a top video game technical expert, has begun a research project to create “wearable computing” for video game publisher Valve. Valve’s Abrash...
Kinect/voice support coming to Skyrim
Bethesda is rolling out a free update later this month for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim that adds over 200 voice commands to the game via the Kinect accessory.
Retro graphics and relaxing puzzles help Fez rise above a troubled history (review)
Fez is one of those games where the backstory threatens to take up more space than the real story. So let’s get the backstory...
Next-gen console rumor roundup: Next Xbox may have 16-core CPU
The next-generation console rumors are heating up, and this week brought a lot of new detailed gossip on that front. Microsoft’s next-generation machine is...