How Tekken keeps adapting, from arcades to esports
Katsuhiro Harada is synonymous with Bandai Namco’s long-running Tekken franchise, serving as producer and director (and voice actor!) at various intervals throughout the series’...
Oculus VR is adding more than 100 jobs as it plots its augmented reality expansion
But the company is currently on one the likes of which we haven’t seen before. The Oculus Rift maker has over 100 positions listed...
World of Final Fantasy is a successful experiment to win over fans new and old
I sat on my couch, and despite the ludicrous dialogue coming out of the TV speakers, I couldn’t cringe: The oftentimes annoying script for...
Microsoft Surface and the NFL: the good, the bad, and the ugly
Just last week, the NFL’s most storied head coach, New England’s Bill Belichick, gave a 5 minute answer to a simple question about his...
Robinson: The Journey tests VR gaming’s $60 price barrier
We’ve been looking forward to Robinson: The Journey for a long time. The game, which is all about close encounters with dinosaurs, is positioned to...
Microsoft on Xbox One Scorpio: ‘the only console’ that can do ‘true 4K’ and ‘hi-fidelity VR’
Don’t let anyone tell you the console wars aren’t alive and well. For the most part, the two leading game consoles in 2016 (the...
The NBA’s power is a boon for esports
Stephen Kaplan recently became the third NBA owner to purchase stake in an esports team in less than a week’s time. On its surface,...
Lessons for game developers from a lemonade stand
Back in Norman Rockwell’s America, kids weren’t afraid to take a chance on going into business for themselves. Rockwell’s iconic “Lemonade Stand” image showed...
Gears of War 4, Titanfall 2 lead Microsoft’s TV advertising charge in September
Consoles remind your smartphone where the best experience lives. GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real-time, to bring you a...
How this game company boosted profits sixfold without needing venture capital
We’ve come a long way since the soft launch of our mobile game, Walking War Robots, on iOS in 2014 — our monthly revenues...