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.
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You’ll also find a review for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim expansion Dawnguard and Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.
GamesBeat:
The DeanBeat: Zynga battles to dominate the red ocean, not the blue
The Last of Us’ “Truck Ambush” trailer: now with 100% more Sackboy (video)
Console game studio Radical Entertainment shuts its doors
Sega closes multiple offices worldwide and focuses on digital
Nintendo hires a networking chief to shore up a weak spot
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Dawnguard finally brings a sense of urgency to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (review)
How we voted in the Game Critics Awards
Infinity Blade is more profitable than Gears of War
Valve releases the magically fiery ‘Meet the Pyro’ video
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Halo 4′s free Spartan Ops content detailed: 50 missions spanning 12 hours
Past sales point to a ‘win’ for Nintendo with the 3DS XL
New Smart TV device allows game-streaming via OnLive
Sulake un-mutes Habbo Hotel in select countries for first time since sex scandal
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CCP’s David Reid says Dust 514 heralds a new free-to-play era on consoles (interview)
Dragon Eternity lets iOS gamers play with Android users
4 games that should be in Kirby’s 20th Anniversary Collection
GamesBeat casts the Need for Speed movie
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Lego Batman 2 tries to redefine the franchise but stumbles (review)
VentureBeat:
Delaware’s approval of online gambling will make social game companies perk up
Gaikai streams Bulletstorm console game in the Chrome browser
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Meet the judges for our GamesBeat 2012 ‘Who’s Got Game’ game-startup competition
Lara Croft will invade your Chrome web browser this fall
Hello, Hero Academy: $2M deal helps mobile-platform Yodo1 bring Western games to China
New institute gets $10M to gamify education for kids
The new console war pits Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony in an Apple arena
Pocket Gems launches All Talk voice-based mobile game
Pamela Anderson takes on Zynga with BamPoker game
YoYo Games launches a series of Chrome games with the flip of a switch (exclusive)
Zynga’s big Unleashed event strikes out with investors
Earn real recipes while playing Zygna’s new game, ChefVille
Zynga confirms that FarmVille 2 is in the works
Zynga With Friends to feature live synchronous multiplayer
By the numbers: Zynga’s total words, drawings, users, and more
Take-Two aims big in China with free-to-play NBA online game with Tencent
Google transforms its homepage into a Turing machine minigame