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.
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You’ll also find reviews for Tokyo Crash Mobs and The Cave, as well as previews for Phone Fight and Dead Space 3.
News:
- The DeanBeat: Game acquisitions rise 23 percent to $3.4B in 2012
- Sony and MLG will make PlanetSide 2 into a competitive e-sport with huge teams
- The Secret World developer shuts down Beijing studio — executes layoffs at other offices
- Audojo iPad case brings full physical controls to Apple’s tablet
- Rockstar Games allegedly threatened to sue director Frank Darabont over ‘L.A. Noir’ TV show
- EA’s Origin service for Mac goes into alpha
- SAP launches an analytics dashboard for NFL.com fantasy football fans
- Biden reiterates the need for research on effects of violent video games
- Microsoft sells 5.9M Xbox 360s in second quarter; Halo 4 is the best-selling Halo
- Microsoft’s Xbox division down 11 percent for the second quarter
- What the 7 million-dollar Kickstarter games of 2012 did right
- The GLaDOS recruitment agency: Using Portal 2 to find employees
- There may be life for Darksiders and other unsold THQ franchises after all
- Nintendo introduces online multiplayer to the new Luigi’s Mansion
- Logitech to discontinue its console-gaming peripherals
- This week in the Nintendo Download: The Cave, Brain Training, and an anniversary party
- Trion to publish XL Games’ massive online game ArcheAge in Western markets (exclusive)
- Get the deets on BioShock Infinite’s Industrial Revolution add-on pack in a new trailer
- THQ bids farewell after raising $72M in asset sales
- Piston, Razer Edge could bring the rise of easy PC gaming this year
- League of Legends summons a Mac client
- Build your own Batcave in DC Universe Online’s Home Turf update
- Turtle Rock Studios outbid for its own game: Take 2 thinks it’s worth $11M
- No bids for Darksiders or developer Vigil — employees laid off
- THQ auction results: Sega buys Relic, Ubi gets THQ Montreal, Koch lands Volition, and more
- Classic NES and SNES games for 30 cents on Wii U eShop
- Ouya, Steam Box, and Razer Edge: We explain the cluttered console-alternative market
- Kickstarter kills new GameStick backer tier that gives devs 100 percent share of sales (update)
- The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is happening
- Kirby team spins a new yarn exclusively for Yoshi
- New 3D Mario, Smash Bros, and Mario Kart will be at E3
- Nintendo will ‘rethink the conventions of Zelda’ on Wii U
- Hoax watch: Xbox 720 may just be named ‘Xbox’
- You can transfer your Wii Virtual Console games to the Wii U … for a price
- Ouya CEO says momentum behind its ‘people’s game console’ keeps growing
- South Park Digital Studios objects to THQ trying to sell the license agreement for Stick of Truth RPG
- Tactical role-playing game Project X Zone brings together Namco, Sega, and Capcom characters
- Iconic game company Atari files for bankruptcy protection
- Big layoffs for longtime PC game developer Gas Powered Games
Mobile News:
- Facebook touts why its social network makes mobile games better
- Temple Run 2 is finally available for Android
Interviews:
- Life after Epic: Getting to know Cliff Bleszinski (exclusive interview, part one: his past)
- Life after Epic: Getting to know Cliff Bleszinski (exclusive interview, part two: his present and future)
- GamesBeat 2012 interview vault: Check out our archive of conversations with industry leaders
Previews:
- Phone Fight wonders if my iOS device can beat up your iOS device (hands-on preview)
- Dead Space 3′s opening hours feel strange yet familiar (hands-on preview)
- Tomb Raider multiplayer keeps Lara Croft fans entertained (hands-on preview)
Reviews:
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- The Cave is a (not-so) wretched hive of scum and villainy (review)
- Tokyo Crash Mobs is a hectic puzzle game with animated-GIF sensibilities (review)
Community Spotlight:
- Games need to address women in military combat
- Karaoke on Xbox 360 is a free app with more depth than most music games
- Android gaming may have an identity crisis ahead of it
- Violent game tax more opportunistic than realistic
- It’s time we consider video games as ‘experiences,’ not mere products
- What’s up with the Wii U? Nintendo’s console is off to a slow start
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