Civilization V’s Brave New World expansion feels like a culture club (hands-on preview)

The upcoming expansion adds a great deal to the cultural game. But is it too easy to win this way?

EA appoints New York Times digital-product expert to its board

New York Times vice president of digital product Denise Warren joins the publisher's board of directors.

EA’s ulterior motive behind killing the Online Pass

Electronic Arts ended the unpopular Online Pass program aimed at cashing in on the used-games market, but the reason may have more to do with Sony and Microsoft's new consoles than customer dissatisfaction.

Amazon taking Madden NFL 25: Annivesary Edition preorders — bundled with NFL Sunday Ticket

EA's $100 special edition of Madden can save you a ton on DirecTV's NFL Sunday Ticket football package.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Google’s game service, EA axes online passes, and a look at The Last of Us

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 DeanBeat: Maxthon offers an alternative browser that won’t crash while running multiple games

Maxthon features smart memory management that means you can log into five accounts at once.

Nintendo brings E3 to the people … well, people who go to Best Buy

Nintendo wants to give consumers a taste of E3 at over 100 Best Buy stores in North America.

Nintendo releasing retail version of New Super Luigi U in August

Luigi is headed to retail and the eShop in a remix of New Super Mario Bros. Wii U -- without Mario.

Sony reveals more tense moments in The Last of Us (preview)

The last big game of a generation? Naughty Dog's survival game is packs intense drama. We have a hands-on preview.

April 2013 NPD: Injustice tops software chart as console industry continues to shrink

Sales across the industry dropped by 25 percent. Few people are buying software and even fewer are investing in new hardware.