Deadlight sets a poetic survival-horror tone but stumbles with melodramatic writing (review)

Take on hordes of shambling, inexorable zombies in a moody, 1986 Seattle, but don't count on great voice acting or stellar dialogue.

A quick history of Batman in video games

Batman's romp through interactive games has been spotty. We cover the highlights of the Caped Crusader's pixelated and polygonal adventures.

Microsoft: Xbox 360 top-selling console for 18th consecutive month

Microsoft reportedly sold 257,000 units last month for a total of $272 million, more than was spent on the other current generation consoles combined.

Microsoft releasing a $400 Halo 4-themed Xbox 360

Microsoft will package a Halo 4-themed 320GB Xbox 360 with a copy of the game and two controllers. The bundle will hit store shelves alongside the release of the first-person shooter.

Buffy Summers, eat your heart out: Juliet may be our generation’s Slayer

They’re blonde, beautiful, and hang out with the undead more than the living. But how similar are Lollipop Chainsaw’s Juliet Starling and TV’s Buffy Summers, and does one deserve the title of Slayer more than the other? Voice actress Tara Strong, Buffy enthusiast Lily Rothman, and writer James Gunn have the answers.

GamesBeat’s gigantic E3 2012 roundup

We've corralled the entirety of our E3 2012 coverage from the showfloors, meeting rooms, conference halls, and beyond. If you missed out -- or need a refresher -- on GamesBeat's E3 coverage, take a look here!

New Xbox 360 games coming from Signal Studios, Twisted Pixel, and…Gore Verbinski?

Microsoft Game Studios Vice President Phil Spencer unveiled three brand new games today during the Microsoft E3 2012 press conference, including a Kinect title from film director Gore Verbinski.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer coming to Xbox 360 this fall

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is coming to Xbox 360 this fall complete with Kinect voice control and SmartGlass integration.

Will Microsoft reveal new Xbox Smart Glass at E3? New domain purchases say yes

Someone at Microsoft has been busy buying up a whole mess of domain names related to “Smart Glass,” which could indicate some kind of touch screen media or gaming technology.

Usually, companies use this tactic to avoid squatters from clouding …

Microsoft says it has sold 67M Xbox 360s, 19M Kinects, and generated $56B in game revenues

Microsoft said today that it has generated more than $56 billion at retail from its game business, and it has sold 67 million Xbox 360 consoles since 2005. It has also sold more than 19 million Kinect motion sensors since …

Add your face to the wizarding crowd in Harry Potter for Kinect

Warner Bros. Interactive announces Harry Potter for the Kinect, which releases this fall. Time to bust out that robe and hat combo from the closet once more.

The DeanBeat: Can Microsoft’s Kinect gain cred from hardcore gamers?

Microsoft’s Kinect has always held out tantalizing promises. As a user interface, it brings computing devices to the edge of greatness but falls just a little short of our dreams of the Star Trek holodeck or the cool transparent, gesture-controlled …

Former Xbox 360 exec’s $1B pain and advice to entrepreneurs

The former president of Microsoft's gaming and devices division spoke to a captive audience about how to create entrepreneurial projects within a larger company. During that talk, he touched on the Xbox 360's early troubles and how that affected him personally.

Minecraft on Xbox 360 breaks digital-sales records in first day

Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has broken all previous digital-sales records, selling more than any other title in the first 24 hours on Xbox Live Arcade, Microsoft today announced.