GamesBeat weekly roundup: SimCity plagued by server issues, Ubisoft does not condone whaling

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.

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: Rumor that we’re killing Dead Space is ‘patently false’

Rumors claim EA is killing the Dead Space franchise due to slumping sales of the third game.

Required Listening: Fire Emblem, Crysis 3, and interview with Tomb Raider composer Jason Graves

Required Listening is a new monthly feature celebrating game music and the people who create it. This month we look at Fire Emblem: Awakening, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Dead Space 3, and Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance and discuss the emotional inspiration for the new Tomb Raider score with composer Jason Graves.

20 Dead Space 3 details you may have missed (gallery)

If you rushed through Dead Space 3 with your eyes closed, you probably missed many of these cool little details.

Dead Space 3 had to evolve in a new direction

Dead Space 3 hasn't garnered the overwhelmingly positive critical reception of its predecessors, but that has very little to do with the game itself.

ROUNDTABLE’D! Game characters buy into AAA-game microtransactions!

Microtransactions are creeping out of Facebook and into top-tier console franchises. Our bribe-proof panel of game characters weighs in on whether that's a good thing, a bad thing, or just a thing.

All-new images from The Art of Dead Space

You probably don't spend a lot of time enjoying the artistic merits of Dead Space since everything's constantly trying to kill you, but you should. Take a deep breath, calm down, and enjoy a few (non-gory) concept pieces from The Art of Dead Space.

Dead Space 3 is a disturbing ride from beginning to end (review)

Dead Space 3 may not be the pure survival-horror experience the series was once known for, but it's still a hell of a lot of fun.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: THQ asset auction, Legend of Zelda in HD, and Atari is bankrupt

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.

Dead Space 3′s opening hours feel strange yet familiar (hands-on preview)

Here's what we think about the first four chapters of Visceral Games' Dead Space 3 and its co-op.

ROUNDTABLE’D! Game characters vs. Dead Island: Riptide’s mutilated torso girl!

The world took offense at Dead Island: Riptide's special edition statue of a headless bikini girl, but our panel of iconic game characters has suggestions for even worse replacements.

Best of GamesBeat 2012 roundup

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.