Annapurna announces Blade Runner 2033: Labyrinth at showcase
Annapurna Interactive held a major showcase today where it revealed new games and updates on games-in-development under its label. The final reveal at the...
Niantic shutters LA office, lays off 230 employees
Niantic is shutting down its LA-based studio, it announced today. As part of a restructuring, the company is sunsetting and canceling two major projects...
PlayStation Plus offers Alan Wake, Black Ops: Cold War in July
PlayStation announced which games are coming to PS Plus in July. The new summer batch of titles includes a cross-gen bundle of Call of...
How game companies manage their reputation — and why it matters
This article is part of GamesBeat’s special issue, Gaming communities: Making connections and fighting toxicity. For developers and publishers, there’s no more important relationship than...
Carrots over sticks: Promoting positive player behavior
This article is part of GamesBeat’s special issue, Gaming communities: Making connections and fighting toxicity. One of the key words that you’ll frequently hear when...
Tears of the Kingdom tops the May best-seller list | Circana May 2023
In what I’m sure is the most shocking news of this month, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom was the best-selling game...
Apple Arcade adds Stardew Valley, Slay the Spire in July
Apple announced today which games are coming to its Arcade subscription service. July promises to be a particularly rich month for Apple’s gamers, as...
Unity launches Sentis and Muse AI platforms for real-time 3D creation
Unity today revealed two new AI-based products for creators to enhance their real-time 3D (RT3D) content. The two products are called Sentis and Muse...
Xbox, the FTC and Elephant Mario — quite the week | Kaser Focus
If you had told me at the beginning of the week that I was going to be following along as Xbox faced down the...
React announces its first game jam for late July
The React community announced today that it plans to hold its first game jam — called React Jam, fittingly — for July 20-30. The...