Weaning mobile game players off in-app purchases with effective D2C marketing
Mobile game companies have a new D2C opportunity in front of them, and it’s potentially huge. Plenty of game companies are already using social...
Former PlayStation Worldwide chairman says the the future of the industry no longer belongs to the big players
The global console market is robust and massive — but it’s also topping out at 250 million users across the three major platforms, says...
Six Days in Fallujah gets ‘documentary video game’ update | Peter Tamte interview
Six Days in Fallujah is launching on Steam today, exactly 20 years after the Second Battle of Fallujah. Victura bills the game as the...
Electronic Arts, Xsolla talk 5 best practices for mobile game monetization
Monetization is a huge challenge and a moving target in today’s mobile game market — but there are also new opportunities as the global...
The global view of gaming from a huge external development firm | Gilles Langourieux interview
Founded in 2004, Virtuos has grown into a big company when it comes to the production of games. As an external developer, Virtuos’ team...
Xsolla announces certified parental controls, a boom in Web Shop revenue and expansion in SE Asia
Presented by Xsolla During the latest GamesBeat Live session, Dean Takahashi, lead writer for GamesBeat, sat down with Berkley Egenes, chief marketing and growth...
How Andrew Stephan made War Game — the Ukraine game documentary | The DeanBeat
Andrew Stephan is the director of War Game: The Making of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2, a documentary from Microsoft about the ordeal of the game developers...
Embracing diversity: GamesBeat’s Diversity in Gaming Lunch is just around the corner
Presented by Xsolla “Inclusivity in gaming” isn’t a buzzwordy slogan, and it shouldn’t be a burden for game developers – in fact, it’s good...
How game developers win in a soft market dominated by big platforms
Presented by Xsolla Historically, the game industry is a cycle of boom and bust, with ten-year trend cycles. We’ve just emerged from the era...
How Sonic Rumble is taking Sega into mobile games | interview
On my recent trip to the Tokyo Game Show, I was able to spend my pre-show time in the heart of Tokyo on visits...