Henry Cavill is right — in 2019, Total War: Warhammer is great
Creative Assembly’s Total War: Warhammer franchise has seemed to be quiet recently (apart from a shout-out from Witcher star Henry Cavill). Its last new...
The Rise of Skywalker: Star Wars fan service, recycled plots, and nostalgia are strong with this one
Spoiler Alert: I’ve just watched The Rise of Skywalker at a theater in France, where new movies are released a day early. What follows...
Hands-on: Oculus Quest hand tracking looks cool, and sometimes even works
When a company unexpectedly adds a major new feature to a device after you’ve purchased it, or downplays the feature as a “bonus” that...
Do you trust your mobile ad performance team?
Presented by AdColony There’s more than one way to skin a cat, as they say, and there are even more ways to run a...
Content Rated By: An Oral History of the ESRB excerpt — “Parallel Tracks”
GamesBeat is publishing this exclusive excerpt of Content Rated By: An Oral History of the ESRB. Previous chapters can be found here. To help commemorate its...
In advertising, the ‘gamer’ demographic is useless
In marketing and advertising, knowing who your audience is, how they’re changing, and how best to reach them is the job. That’s the work,...
Oculus adds Facebook-powered social features and identity verification
Ever since Facebook acquired Oculus, users expected that the social media giant would begin to integrate its services more deeply and conspicuously into the...
Women are big — and underserved — esports fans. Here’s how to market to them
Many know that women make up 47% of the gaming industry. However, most believe that applies to casual and mobile games. While the growth...
DeepMind’s Dreamer AI learns from the past to predict the future
Some AI systems achieve goals in challenging environments by drawing on representations of the world informed by past experiences. They generalize these to novel...
Oculus Quest hand tracking out now for users, next week for developers
Facebook is delivering an early Christmas gift for Oculus Quest users and developers: Initial support for hand tracking is launching ahead of schedule, the...