Throw Trucks with Your Mind is the best Star Wars game ever (preview)

I threw on an EEG headset and used the power of my brain to crush enemies in the indie Kickstarter candidate Throw Trucks with Your Mind. Early verdict: Hell, yeah!

Bungie leader Pete Parsons discusses how studio is shaping gaming’s Destiny (interview)

Bungie's Pete Parsons talks about leading the Destiny team and the studio's PlayStation 4 announcement.

ROUNDTABLE’D! Game characters predict Super Bowl XLVII

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

2012′s most innovative game ideas

The video game industry always moves forward, striving to do more. The games we played in 2012 impressed and surprised us with the risks they took and gave us great hopes for what comes next.

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.

Exploring why some players are unable to initiate Halo 4′s single-player campaign

A mysterious error has rendered a portion of Halo 4 completely unplayable to a large number of people.

Report: The most-played games of 2012

Raptr released its annual Raptr Report detailing the most played games of 2012, and it carries a few surprises about how gamers spent their time this year.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II beats Halo 4 in NPD’s dismal November game sales list

Sales for total video game hardware, software, and accessories sold at retail were $2.55 billion in November, down 11 percent from $2.87 billion a year ago.

Far Cry 3 is a superior rumble in the jungle (review)

Far Cry 3 delivers a generous open-world shooter lifted even higher by smart design choices and one of the best villains in recent memory across any media.

Concept art vs. character models: A visual comparison (gallery)

See the transformation from concept art to 3D models for 15 video game characters like Cortana, Nathan Drake, and Bayonetta.

Halo 4′s Crimson Map Pack introduces 3 new maps, 1 new mode

Developer 343 Industries prepares Halo 4's Crimson Map Pack for a December 10 release.