The IndieBeat: Mike Bithell chats about writing, the games industry, and making players cry
It’s been over five years since developer Mike Bithell launched Thomas Was Alone, which sold over a million copies and won a British Academy Games Award....
What Remains of Edith Finch has 2017’s most outstanding gaming moment
This year’s video games have gifted us with an array of stunning moments, like punching Nazis or scaling Hyrule’s highest mountains or spinning frantically...
GamesBeat Rewind 2017: The year single-player games became chores
One of the great debates of 2017 is the “death of the single-player game,” a conversation that flared up when EA cancelled Visceral’s untitled...
GamesBeat Rewind 2017: The most overlooked games of the year
Sometimes, it seems like a Sisyphean task to try to keep up with all the games that come out every year. And that’s not...
GamesBeat head of social Anthony John Agnello’s top 10 games of 2017
2017 was a remarkable year for video games, with a seemingly endless tide of inspired work coming out from the big money publishers and...
Nintendo’s eShop is down, leaving new Switch owners high and dry
Nintendo’s online store for downloadable video games appears to be a casualty of the Switch’s popularity this holiday season. The company announced on Twitter...
GamesBeat Rewind 2017: Our top 5 mobile games of the year
More so than any other kind of games, mobile titles feel like they slot into our lives in a very specific way. For me,...
World of Tanks will launch its Update 1.0 in March for PC
Players will soon be able to admire World of Tanks’s historical detail in high definition. Developer Wargaming announced today that it’s rolling out an...
AR developers need to pick and use the right text
Many brands are evaluating augmented reality (AR) and the potential it holds for interacting with consumers in an immersive and impactful way. It’s easy...
Esports must deal with harassment and sexism
With the #MeToo movement underway, the tide is rapidly turning for women who have been subjected to sexual assault, harassment and discrimination. In record...