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.

Persona 4: Golden is secretly multiplayer, and you’ll love it (review)

That's right. Persona 4: Golden is not only a gorgeous port to the PlayStation Vita but also the secret best multiplayer experience you'll ever have.

How spoilers, bugs, and online play influence our buying decisions

With everything from cost to content vying for your attention, how do you know the right time to play?

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Sound Shapes, Penny Arcade, and Mists of Pandaria

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Persona 4 Arena proves that role-playing games and arcade fighters can mix (review)

Persona 4 Arena is the fighting-game sequel to the role-playing title Persona 4. Even though that might sound odd, the result is a masterfully crafted yet accessible experience.

The top 15 swag shirts of E3 2012

Free swag is the universal language of the Electronic Entertainment Expo, and free t-shirts live at the apex of Swag Mountain. So here's the best of what we saw at (or took home from) E3 2012.

GamesBeat Weekly Roundup

If you follow VentureBeat but don’t regularly check our GamesBeat site, here’s a list of the best games stories we ran over the last seven days that you may have missed.

Persona 4 Arena has a tutorial video like every fighting game should

In a commendable move, Atlus is releasing a video series on how to play its upcoming fighting game, Persona 4 Arena.