GamesBeat weekly roundup: Anita Sarkeesian conquers bullies, Candy Crush Saga rules mobile

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.

EA: DICE, BioWare, and more presenting next-gen games at E3

The publisher promises next-gen versions of Battlefield, FIFA, Madden, NBA Live, and Need for Speed.

Gears of War: Judgment writers debunk the series’ dude-bro reputation (interview)

GamesBeat interviews writers Rob Auten and Tom Bissell about the story in Gears of War: Judgment, on what they think about the series' "dude-bro" image, and who their favorite new character is.

Games don’t need action to be entertaining

Telltale Games' The Walking Dead reinforces the importance of mature storytelling. Should developers take note and stop placing so much emphasis on action over narratives?

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.

The worst uses of video game DLC in 2012

You're being charged more and more money for less and less content these days. How do you feel about that?

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.

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.