The best video game soundtracks of 2012

This was an outstanding year for game soundtracks. Whether chiptune or orchestral, the top 10 soundtracks of the year are beautiful and moving in vastly different ways.

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.

The Ins & Outs of PlayStation All Stars’ newest fighters: Kat and Emmett

The first two downloadable characters for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royal are coming in early 2013. Game Director Omar Kendall shares some strategies on how to get the most out of them.

GamesBeat’s E3 2012 Game of the Show…plus staff picks

Here is our Game of the Show for E3 2012, the industry trade show, along with individual staff picks.

Gravity Rush’s beautiful open-world soars the Vita to dizzying, dazzling heights (review)

Since launching in February, the PlayStation Vita really hasn’t had that “must own” title that every new piece of hardware needs. Well, enter Gravity Rush, an open-world, physics-bending game developed by Sony Computer Entertainment’s Japan Studio.