Raptr unveils personal infographics with individualized gaming stats

Find out how many hours you spent in your favorite games of 2012 and easily share the info with your friends.

18 ridiculous(ly expensive) video game special editions

Game developers are increasingly fond of including doodads and gizmos with the premium editions of their games. Here are some of the most ridiculously expensive special editions ever released, in roughly ascending order.

ROUNDTABLE’D! Game characters predict Super Bowl XLVII

Our all-knowing panel of completely unbiased game characters talk commercials, steroids, and Beyoncé's lip-syncing prowess as they predict the outcome of the big game!

Activision shakes the e-sports world with $1M prize purse for the Call of Duty Championship

Publisher Activision teams up with Microsoft for the Call of Duty Championship.

Black Ops II’s in-game live-streaming feature adds support for Twitch

Activision and Treyarch team up with Twitch to live stream the popular modern-military first-person shooter.

Life after Epic: Getting to know Cliff Bleszinski (exclusive interview, part three: his opinions on shooters)

The creator of Gears of Wars is finally free to give his thoughts on other shooters.

Games need to address women in military combat

Women in the military will soon be in firefights on the real battlefield, so video games that want a realistic simulation will inevitably have to address the issue. If they do it responsibly, they could actually play a constructive role in changing the hearts and minds of future generations.

That evil guy from movies will cover for you while you play the new Call of Duty maps

Call of Duty: Black Ops II gets its first big downloadable content release next week.

Video game characters modeled after famous people (gallery)

Game developers love using celebrities' likenesses to shape their heroes and villains. Check out these 21 examples.

Offensive Combat pumps out laughs and bullets in equal measure (review)

U4iA Games brings its unusual free-to-play game to Facebook with spectacular results.

Relive the most frustrating Call of Duty: Black Ops II moments in retro form (video)

Did your "favorite" Black Ops II moments make the cut?

The biggest gaming surprises of 2012

It doesn't matter how closely you follow the news or how often you refresh your browser; some companies can still manage to catch the gaming public completely unaware. Here are some of our picks for the biggest surprises of 2012.

The best games of 2012 (GamesBeat staff picks)

The Walking Dead may be GamesBeat's Game of the Year for 2012, but here's the other titles our staff picked as contenders for the crown.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: GLaDOS in Pacific Rim, more Black Ops II zombies, and Portal on a calculator

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.