MMOs “don’t have to be serious to be epic,” says WildStar writer

Is WildStar's Pixar influence enough to differentiate it from the hundreds of other MMOs on the market?

How major MMOs are celebrating Christmas in-game (gallery)

Some have you saving Santa, some have you killing him -- but either way, he's giving up that holiday loot.

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.

Social media surfaces layoffs at game companies NCSoft and Petroglyph

Layoffs are common at this time of year in the game industry.

September NPD: Borderlands 2 nearly tops best-seller list as overall sales take another dive

Electronic Arts has a huge month and the 3DS continues to pick up steam, but the industry is still sluggish.

Gaming art for your Twitter header (Part 3: PC)

Brighten up your Twitter profile with video game-themed headers of PC titles like Guild Wars 2, League of Legends, and Diablo III.

Firefall dev discusses major gameplay changes and its Kickstarter-inspired monetization strategy (interview)

Mark Kern explains the new cash shop and PvP refinement.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: More Zynga executives leave, CEO Perlman leaves OnLive, and Bethesda announces new Skyrim DLC

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.

GamesBeat’s Guild Wars 2 gallery exhibit

GamesBeat is celebrating the MMO's release with an exhaustive image exhibit featuring all of the races, professions, and character creation options available to players in the game.