Eduardo Moutinho

Eduardo is an editor at Bitmob.com, and he now brings his talents to both VentureBeat and its gaming division, GamesBeat. His love for technology and games started at age five when he experienced his first pixelated adventure.

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Sportvision wants to let you virtually hit a real Major League pitch (interview)

The company that brought us the yellow first-down line from football telecasts hopes to make sports games more immersive.

NCAA Football 14′s tired playbook leaves it short of the end zone (review)

EA Sports’ latest NCAA title plays a better game of college football, but it doesn’t bring enough distinct new features.

EA Sports Ignite is the multisport star of game engines

EA Sports’ new Ignite engine aims to provide a versatile foundation for blockbuster franchises like FIFA soccer and Madden football.

Finding old-school charm in Xbox One’s new-school Killer Instinct (preview)

Will Microsoft Studios’ new Killer Instinct recapture the gameplay that immortalized the fighting series?

Konami’s Fox Engine trades metal gears for golden goals in PES 2014 (preview)

Along with a slew of control tweaks, Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 features the Fox Engine, giving the game a whole new level of graphical fidelity.

Go to the movies or tour your new home with the Oculus Rift

According to Oculus VR CEO Brendan Iribe, the Rift virtual-reality headset can go far beyond gaming — such as replacing car brochures.

Sony counters Microsoft with $400 price for PlayStation 4, $100 less than Xbox One

Sony countered Microsoft’s $499 Xbox One announcement with its own headline-grabbing PS4 pricing response.

Sony announces exclusive PS4 beta for The Elder Scrolls Online

Bethesda Softworks showcased new gameplay footage for the upcoming massively multiplayer role-playing title.

Supergiant Games’ next epic, Transistor, hits PlayStation 4 next year

Greg Kasavin and Amir Rao from Supergiant Games revealed a new trailer for their latest title during Sony’s pre-Electronic Entertainment Expo press briefing.

Sony has new titles to keep you from retiring your PS3

People might be just talking about the upcoming PlayStation 4, but Sony has some new games for its scrappy current-gen console as well.

Fuse stylishly hits the target but misses the bull’s-eye (review)

Insomniac Games’ first multiplatform foray explodes with fun, but the third-person shooter fails to make you care after you’re done pulling the trigger.

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance unsheathes an action-packed, yet imperfect, experience (review)

The latest entry in the Metal Gear franchise is a video game in all the hyperbolic, make-believe, stupid-fun sense of the term.

Mass Effect 3: Omega is explosive, nostalgic, and somewhat pointless (review)

While Mass Effect 3: Omega has its good, trigger-happy moments, it doesn’t bring enough of the saga’s signature storytelling to the forefront.

How EA can get people to care about Mass Effect again

Most players probably don’t know that Mass Effect 3’s latest single-player content pack, Omega, is out because they don’t care about the franchise anymore. And EA should do something about it.

Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified should be dishonorably discharged (review)

The PlayStation Vita’s first Call of Duty title is a shaky recruit not capable of maximizing the portable’s firepower.

Medal of Honor: Warfighter’s bearded badasses can’t defeat mediocrity (review)

While Medal of Honor: Warfighter has some fun beneath its gritty fingernails, it fails as the military-shooter flag-bearer it wants to be.

The open road meets dubstep-laced stereotypes in Forza Horizon (review)

Forza Horizon can’t help but feel like a slick, focus-group tested, tired-slang slinging effort at times. But thankfully, the sandbox racing game has a heart.

FIFA Soccer 13 strives for perfection through gameplay imperfection (review)

The latest entry in EA Sports’ massive football franchise, FIFA Soccer 13 is irritating and painful yet wonderful and nuanced, just like the sport it painstakingly emulates.

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 delivers entertaining yet uninspired beat downs (review)

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 comes with impressive content, but the fighter needs new inspiration if it plans on remaining King of Iron Fist.