Battlefield 3 voice chat is finally fixed on Playstation 3 – 104 days after launch

The fix for broken voice communications on the Playstation 3 version of Battlefield 3 has finally arrived today. Developer DICE has taken a staggering 104 days to get the voice chat working properly, and it is a welcome, if somewhat …

Surprises abound as Amazon reveals its 10 best-selling games of 2011

Amazon has released its top-selling digital and physical game titles from 2011. The online retailer has quickly become the quintessential center of great gaming deals, release-day shipping, and exclusive pre-order bonuses (including up to $20 back, in some cases).

There …

GamesBeat Reviews

Below are all the reviews from GamesBeat in 2011. They are listed in reverse-chronological order by the date the review was posted, NOT the release date for the game.

12/19
Minecraft
Star Wars: The Old Republic

12/15

Grand Theft Auto …

Crysis 2 leads the list of 2011′s most pirated games

Editorial ‘game of the year 2011′ picks favored the likes of Uncharted 3 and Skyrim, but the pirate vote went to Crysis 2. According to statistics published by BitTorrent blog TorrentFreak, the PC version of Electronic Arts’ first-person shooter was …

No bonanza: November video game sales grow a scant 0.4 percent

U.S. retail video game sales were only slightly up from a year ago, growing 0.4 percent to $3 billion this year, according to market researcher NPD Group. Even though growth wasn’t huge, software sales were up 15 percent and the …

Battlefield 3 sales top 8 million copies

Electronic Arts‘ military-themed first-person shooter Battlefield 3 has now sold over 8 million copies since its October 25 U.S. launch.

EA CFO Eric Brown mentioned the sales figures during a presentation at the Baird Technology Conference, according to a report …

Hundreds of Battlefield 3 players banned for glitch exploit

Swedish developer DICE announced over Twitter this weekend that it has banned “hundreds of offending accounts” for cheating in its military shooter Battlefield 3.

The developer, a division of Electronic Arts, wants to ensure that gamers all play by the …