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.

Warren Spector wants game designers to work on non-combat A.I.

The developer of Deus Ex and Epic Mickey thinks putting control in the hands of the player and giving the player choices are key.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: WoW loses 1.3M subscribers, Amazon brings paid apps to China, Q1 earnings, 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.

Developer Warren Spector slams Wolfenstein: The New Order

The Dues Ex creator thinks Wolfenstein: The New Order is a male power fantasy with a generic design.

Warren Spector wants game developers to think about their legacies

After 35 years of making games, the former Disney Interactive designer wants to give back.

Disney closes Epic Mickey developer Junction Point Studios (updated with comments from Warren Spector)

Warren Spector's Junction Point Studios closes after disappointing sales for Epic Mickey 2.

Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two promises too much and ultimately disappoints (review)

Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two is weighed down by poor technical issues, a disjointed story, and too many unfulfilled promises to be as epic or as powerful as it claims.

Disney’s Epic Mickey 2 will be a musical (seriously)

Disney Interactive Studios and game designer Warren Spector have revealed a sequel to 2010′s Wii-exclusive Epic Mickey.

Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two will be a multiplatform release featuring drop-in drop-out cooperative play, with one player controlling Mickey and …