Ryse: Son of Rome captures the exciting and bloody parts of Roman history (interview)

The game follows the career of fictional character Marius Titus on his journey to become a Roman general.

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.

Crytek’s Warface invades Japan under Nexon’s management

Crytek's free-to-play shooter expands to a new Asian market with the help from a South Korean publisher.

Epic Games extends Unreal Engine 4 to mobile games, creates an eye-popping next-gen demo

Unreal's cool 3D animations will scale for all devices including mobile, next-generation consoles, and high-end PCs.

Crytek chief puts on his Warface and says why Crysis 3 for Wii U ‘had to die’ (interview)

Crytek's Cevat Yerli says Warface will start the era of high-quality, free-to-play shooter games.

With 7.5M users in Russia, Crytek’s free-to-play shooter Warface is coming to the U.S. (preview)

The successful online shooter is making its way to the U.S., China, and Asia.

Crysis 3 is a thrilling hunt through the ravaged streets of New York (review)

Crysis 3 backs up its refined puzzle-like combat with a compelling tale of aliens, evil corporations, and transhumanism.

Crytek CEO: ‘Single-player modes will have to transform’ into co-op experiences in free-to-play future

Chief executive Cevat Yerli assures gamers that free-to-play Crytek games is nothing to worry about.

Crytek CEO: Our goal is to ‘transition entirely’ to free-to-play games in 2 to 5 years

Crytek won't make Facebook games, but it wants to dominate the world with free-to-play games.

How Crytek hired the ex-Vigil team (and formed a new studio) based on one meeting

The Darksiders Vigil team is gone. Here's how they became Crytek USA over the course of a weekend.

Crytek picks up some former Darksiders developers for a new Austin-based studio

Developer Vigil dissolved alongside THQ, but the core team will live on as Crytek USA Corp.

Trion to publish XL Games’ massive online game ArcheAge in Western markets (exclusive)

Six years in the making, ArcheAge is a huge fantasy role-playing online game from Lineage creator Jake Song.

THQ auction results: Sega buys Relic, Ubi gets THQ Montreal, Koch lands Volition, and more

THQ auctioned off its properties and assets today as ordered by Delaware bankruptcy court.

Crytek’s chief: Nothing will beat Crysis 3′s graphics for at least two years (interview)

Cevat Yerli, chief executive of Crytek, says that Crysis 3 will be the new benchmark for PC gaming.

Fast monsters in the tall grass will scare you to death in Crysis 3 (preview)

Crytek and EA unveil a frightening new level with tall grass fighting as well as new multiplayer modes.

Here’s what it takes to run Crysis 3 on its highest settings

PC gaming's most demanding franchise is back and ready to make your desktop feel inadequate.