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.

BioShock Infinite sells 3.7 million copies since March launch

The violent first-person shooter captures big numbers for publisher Take-Two Interactive.

BioShock Infinite and more push Take-Two revenues up 48 percent in fiscal 2013

Take-Two nails its earnings on the strength of BioShock Infinite and more.

Why The Bureau: XCOM Declassified will be worth the wait (interview)

Its executive producer says the strong story and the gameplay tactics will differentiate this game from other sci-fi shooters.

The Bureau: XCOM Declassified tactical shooter game will play a lot like Mass Effect (hands-on preview)

In this game, you have to assign tasks to your two squad mates in real-time or face disaster. But it's not a Mass Effect clone.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Supercell raises $130M, BioShock Infinite tops March sales, and more …

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.

Threeview: BioShock Infinite reviewed by a critic, an analyst, and an academic

These review scores are quite interesting -- and unexpected.

2K Games is removing evidence of the XCOM shooter from the Internet

XCOM webpages are dropping from the Web. What does 2K have cooking up at the anti-UFO headquarters?

Civ V’s Brave New World expansion lets you conquer the world with trade or culture wars (preview)

Expect to see some battles over great works of art.

Required listening: SimCity, Tomb Raider, and BioShock Infinite composer Garry Schyman

This month, Required Listening speaks with veteran composer Garry Schyman about his work on BioShock Infinite and how he used simple string ensembles to bring the floating city Columbia to life.

BioShock Infinite’s a fascinating ‘what if’ tale of American conservatism with a few flaws (review)

In development for over five years, Irrational finally releases its alternate-history first-person shooter, one that's so good at transporting you to the sky city of Columbia that its little flaws really stick out.

How long is the gap between BioShock and BioShock: Infinite? Obama was elected twice

Obama, the iOS App Store, and six Halo games are just a few of the things that happened since Irrational released BioShock.

BioShock Infinite’s combat teaser reveals the violent action you can expect in Columbia

Extreme in-game violence is OK when the blood is coming from a bunch of white supremacists.

Irrational teases the powerful abilities of BioShock Infinite’s Elizabeth

BioShock Infinite's newest trailer proves the game's damsel in distress might be more powerful than the man sent to rescue her.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day the gaming way

Happy Valentine's Day! Developers around the world are joining in the celebration with their own game-related cards. Why not give one to the gamer in your life?

Get the deets on BioShock Infinite’s Industrial Revolution add-on pack in a new trailer

Publisher 2K Games will give free bonus content to players who preorder the new BioShock.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney Infinity, torsos, and violence in video games

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.