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.

Skyrim 1.9 update: New difficulty setting and ‘Legendary Skills’

Skyrim 1.9 enables players to reset their character's maxed-out skills with the new Legendary option.

Bethesda update adds HD textures to Skyrim’s three expansions on Steam

Bethesda is hooking up its PC fans with HD textures for Skyrim's Dragonborn, Hearthfire, and Dawnguard add-ons.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Disney shuts down Junction Point, GTA V delayed

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.

Bethesda announces dates for PlayStation 3 Skyrim expansions

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim downloadable content finally hits PlayStation 3 throughout February.

Required listening: Ni no Kuni, Anarchy Reigns, and an interview with Aliens: Colonial Marines composer Kevin Riepl

Required listening is a new monthly feature focusing on game soundtracks and the people who lovingly create them. For the first edition, we'll take a look at Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, DmC: Devil May Cry, and Anarchy Reigns, as well as an in-depth interview with Aliens: Colonial Marines composer Kevin Riepl.

All The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim expansions finally coming to PlayStation 3 in February

Publisher/developer Bethesda struggled to get its add-on packs for Skyrim to work on PlayStation 3.

Rumor: The next PlayStation is more powerful than the next Xbox

From my experience watching movies about time travel and Jedi Masters — and I’ve watched a ton —  the future is a nebulous blur until it becomes the present.

As it is for Yoda, so it is for games journalists.…

The funniest Achievements and Trophies ever, part four: I see what you did there

In part four of our rundown of the funniest fake awards in games, we honor the achievements that reference movies, people, and other games.

The most popular GamesBeat stories of 2012

Our 10 most read stories on GamesBeat during last year include the Ocean Marketing scandal, an educational outreach program, and Google's Zerg Rush.

Justin Bieber, Minecraft’s Creeper, and other cameos in modern games (gallery)

Whether hidden or obvious, spotting cameos in video games is always cool. Here are a 13 examples.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Wii U, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Xbox Live turns 10

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.

First gameplay footage of The Elder Scrolls Online

Zenimax Online Studios released a developer diary this morning that shows off the game in action, and it looks a lot like an Elder Scrolls game mixed with World of Warcraft.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Kixeye CEO calls out Zynga, new Xbox 360 dashboard revealed

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.