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.

DICE L.A. is ’100% focused on Battlefield 4′

DICE L.A. is an 'extension' of DICE. It will support the Swedish studio in all of its efforts.

Electronic Arts opens DICE L.A. to work on Battlefield

EA is creating jobs in Los Angeles to work on the Battlefield franchise while DICE moves on to Star Wars.

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.

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.

After 1,000 layoffs, EA could find itself short-handed for Star Wars games (analysis)

How will EA staff its big Battlefield expansion and its Star Wars games even as it tries to get by with fewer employees?

GDC drew more than 23,000 attendees to hear diverse perspectives on games

Here's a roundup of the GDC. This year, the parties generated as much buzz as the sessions.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: GDC 2013, BioShock Infinite, Battlefield 4, and women in 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.

EA’s Patrick Soderlund promises to deliver ‘something special’ with Battlefield 4 (interview)

If EA pulls Battlefield 4 off flawlessly, it could sell millions more units than its predecessor did and take some market share from rival Activision's Call of Duty.

The DeanBeat: Will Battlefield 4 or Puzzle & Dragons reach $1B in revenues?

Puzzle & Dragons is generating $2.5 million in revenue a day.

EA has a lot riding on Battlefield 4, and it’s stepping up its investment in a big way

EA's big challenger to the dominance of Call of Duty has been unveiled.

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.

EA sets the stage for Battlefield 4 launch

Battlefield 4 is EA's latest entry in the multi-billion dollar first-person shooter market.

Electronic Arts’ digital revenue will surpass physical game sales this year (infographic)

Digital games are overtaking retail releases, and the effects are showing with one of the biggest publishers in the industry.

EA chief technology officer on PS4: ‘We no longer have to constrain our games’

EA talks Sony's new system in terms of visuals and social features.

EA says it missed Sony’s event to maintain ‘balance’ with Microsoft — but Battlefield 4 is ‘stunning’ on PS4

Publisher Electronic Arts explains its absence from Sony's PS4 event.

Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s bearded badasses can’t defeat mediocrity (review)

While Medal of Honor: Warfighter has some fun beneath its gritty fingernails, it fails as the military-shooter flag-bearer it wants to be.