The DeanBeat: Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception tops our list of the 10 best games of 2011
This year, with our ramped up our GamesBeat review team, we’ve taken our Game of the Year choices much more seriously than we have...
Sony: PS3 still on track for 15 million sales this year
Despite a troubled European economy, and a major attack by hackers in April, Sony has revealed it is still on track to sell 15...
Microsoft changes its Xbox brand and design chief
It’s no secret that Microsoft is designing the successor to the Xbox 360, as it needs to keep pace with Nintendo, which is introducing...
Windows Phone developers can now enter Microsoft’s Dream.Build.Play Challenge
Microsoft today announced it’s adding a new category to its Dream.Build.Play Challenge focusing exclusively on games created for Windows Phone. The annual contest gives...
This week on Xbox Live: Expansions for Battlefield 3, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, and Gears of War 3
Microsoft has expanded Xbox Live to enable new entertainment options such as YouTube and Verizon’s FiOS TV, but the bread and butter of the...
Microsoft’s first game for iOS is… Kinectimals?
When even Microsoft and Google start turning to the iTunes Store in hopes of finding success, you know Apple has done something right. Microsoft...
YouTube now available on the Xbox 360
Now, you can surf for cute cat videos from the comfort of your couch. Microsoft has added a YouTube app to its Xbox 360...
Kaggle launches competition to help Microsoft Kinect learn new gestures
What if it was as easy to add a new gesture to Microsoft Kinect as it is to create a keyboard shortcut? Big data...
How Zynga grew from gaming outcast to $9 billion social game powerhouse
Update: This article is now available as a 63-page e-book on Amazon’s Kindle bookstore. Zynga has turned the video game world upside down in...
10 of the most anticipated video games of 2012
Looking back, I think you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who doesn’t agree that 2011 was a great year for video games. It was...