How esports can learn from its traditional sports teams and broadcasters
The global esports market will grow to $463 million this year, according to Newzoo’s latest Global Esports Market Report. By 2019 the report says...
How to hire a team of indie game all-star developers
If you’ve been in this industry long enough, you probably remember a time when “indie” was a dirty word. It meant missed deadlines and...
Gears of War 4 chain-saws through Uncharted 4’s, Overwatch’s TV ads
GamesBeat has partnered with iSpot.tv, which measures TV advertising in real time, to bring you a monthly report on how gaming brands are spending their ad dollars and which are generating the most digital response. Below are the top five most engaging gaming industry brands from March 16 to April 15.
Call of Duty: Heroes hits 30M downloads (update)
Call of Duty is a juggernaut on home gaming consoles and PCs — and it’s finding players on mobile as well. Activision announced today...
How to make your mobile gaming marketing campaign burst a success
With 8.5 million daily downloads attributed to the top 200 free U.S. App Store apps, and Google Play seeing twice that many downloads, it’s...
Nintendo’s Miitomo is beating Facebook at gathering personal data
The release of Nintendo’s first mobile game, Miitomo, largely caught the world off guard. Not merely because it’s so unique, but also because people...
Why Nintendo’s Miitomo should frighten every other mobile game publisher
Late last month, Nintendo released its first mobile game in the United States: Miitomo, launching a ton of hype. This app is based on Nintendo’s...
How latency is killing online gaming
The advances in digital distribution have changed the game industry in the same dramatic way they changed music, video, newspaper, and book publishing. In...
Game developers must avoid the ‘wage-slave’ attitude
I read this article by Dean Takahashi the other day, and my jaw nearly hit the floor. More on labor practices in the gaming industry...
This Monster Hunter Generations newb is as clumsy as he is stupid (update)
I’ve never had someone take away a Nintendo 3DS from me during a developer visit before. I suck at Monster Hunter. I respect it, but...