GamesBeat weekly roundup: Google’s game service, EA axes online passes, and a look at The Last of Us

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.

Sony reveals more tense moments in The Last of Us (preview)

The last big game of a generation? Naughty Dog's survival game is packs intense drama. We have a hands-on preview.

Vita gets edgy with Jak and Daxter Trilogy in June

Naughty Dog's classic 3D platformer franchise rises once again on the PlayStation Vita.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: Luigi turns 30, and Obama says we need more gamers

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.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day the gaming way

Happy Valentine's Day! Developers around the world are joining in the celebration with their own game-related cards. Why not give one to the gamer in your life?

Game industry pros list their most-wanted games of 2013

What's everybody waiting for? We polled some of the most famous names in the game industry to find out about their most anticipated titles of 2013.

Brave female survivors break stereotypes in The Last of Us (hands-on preview)

The post-pandemic world of The Last of Us does a great job of featuring strong female characters in a way that a lot of other games don't.

10 female characters not featured in their game’s cover (and 10 that are)

Many female characters get excluded from the game's cover in favor of male protagonists. Did your favorite heroines make the cut?

My mom previews Tomb Raider, Dark Souls II, and other big games of 2013

My nongaming mother shares her opinions on The Last of Us, Dark Souls II, South Park: The Stick of Truth, and more of 2013's biggest games.

GamesBeat weekly roundup: GLaDOS in Pacific Rim, more Black Ops II zombies, and Portal on a calculator

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.

Here are just the trailers from Spike’s Video Game Awards (you’re welcome)

All the trailers from this year's Spike Video Game Awards (also known as the good part of the Spike VGAs).

Naughty Dog confirms The Last of Us is arriving on May 7

The deadly world of The Last of Us will hit the PlayStation 3 before the end of spring.

The Last of Us’ “Truck Ambush” trailer: now with 100% more Sackboy (video)

A clever fan has recreated the intense "Truck Ambush" trailer from Naughty Dog's The Last of Us in Little Big Planet 2.

How we voted in the Game Critics Awards

The Game Critics Awards is a group of a few dozen leading game publications that votes each year on the best games at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). This year, I was one of the 34 judges for the awards, …

See live demos of Black Ops II, Halo 4, and more from Jimmy Fallon’s gaming week

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon hosted a whole week of live demos for some of the biggest future releases in gaming. If you actually go to bed at a reasonable hour and missed all of these segments, you can watch them all online.