Gamification is going to get stronger — but for good or evil?
Imagine a world where every TV commercial, print ad, billboard, and social media campaign is no longer just saturating you with brand logos, messages,...
From studies to esports, colleges can use video games
College students need to play more video games. Seriously. New research shows that gaming — long thought by parents and teachers to be a...
Microsoft releases new Windows 10 preview with search, Cortana, Start, font, Settings, and Console improvements
Microsoft today released a new Windows 10 preview with improvements to search, Cortana, Start, font, Settings, and the Windows Console. The update bumps Windows...
GamesBeat Summit 2019: Announcing the next four speakers
January is at its midway mark, GamesBeat Summit 2019 is closer than ever, and it’s time to introduce four new great speakers: Ted Price,...
Your game studio doesn’t have to survive to succeed
By this point, hopefully we’ve all laughed and moved past the idea that “just make a good game” is good business advice. However, it’s...
10 years and counting: GamesBeat Summit just keeps getting better
This year we’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of GamesBeat Summit, our flagship industry event. Over the past decade we’ve seen games become a $134.9...
At CES 2019, VR and AR took small but meaningful steps forward
Ahead of 2019’s Consumer Electronics Show, I hoped to see several key developments with next-generation VR and AR headsets — dramatically higher-resolution PC VR...
Alien Blackout hands-on: Don’t assume mobile is a bad idea
A vocal minority has created a convincing narrative that has a lot of us assuming that mobile spinoffs of PC and console games must...
Gartner and IDC: HP and Lenovo shipped the most PCs in 2018, but total numbers fell
The PC market is still declining, according to research firms Gartner and IDC. While the two agreed on that 2018 was negative, they disagreed...
HTC Vive Pro Eye hands-on: Gaze into VR’s future with foveated rendering
Unexpectedly announced at an early CES 2019 media event, HTC’s latest and highest-end VR headset is the Vive Pro Eye — an upgraded version...