Battlefield 4 goes for a human feel in the middle of its incredible carnage (preview)

Battlefield 4 arrives with a new engine, an interesting mix of tense quiet and deafening action, and a new ethos: human, dramatic, and believable.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: EA CEO out, SimCity could have been offline, StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm review

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 up for Consumerist’s Worst Company in America (again)

For this tournament, the publisher will face stiff competition from Walmart, Bank of America, and Carnival (of "Poop Cruise" fame).

John Riccitiello’s legacy: EA survives, but its hit points are dangerously low

It's easy to take shots at Riccitiello's record, but his successes and failures were complex.

Research team claims EA’s Origin has security flaw that exposes millions of users

Millions of people use EA's Origin service to play SimCity, Battlefield 3, and more. Security firm ReVuln claims they are vulnerable to attack from hackers.

EA shares down between 8% and 9% in early trading

EA chief executive John Riccitiello announced his resignation, and the market is responding.

Electronic Arts lists the games SimCity owners can choose as a gift

EA denied refunds to upset customers but hopes a free game will restore some good will.

Ukraine’s Room 8 launches Cyto to break into Western mobile-game markets

The game is one of many physics-based experiences with a zany premise, and it's just the kind of title that has a chance of taking off on a worldwide stage.

Maxis: ‘Yes’ — we could ‘have built a subset offline mode’ in SimCity

A modder revealed you can continue playing SimCity even when not connected to a server. Maxis responds.