The Sims 4 ditches gender restrictions
The Sims 4 used to have more than 700 pieces of content locked based on your gender. That ends today. Development studio Maxis is releasing...
How Uncharted 4’s artists created their amazing landscapes
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End is one of the best-looking console games of all time. Now you can understand why. Specifically, you can learn...
GOG’s new Connect features gives you copies of games you own on Steam
Your GOG library could bigger without spending a cent. That digital game store has launched Connect today, a new feature that syncs your GOG...
Forget the NX — Nintendo gets into the shoe game with Vans
We’re all wondering what Nintendo is going to do next. Few of us expected shoes. The Japanese game maker is in a transition period...
Overwatch is the best team shooter ever made
When I first saw Overwatch, I thought it was a Team Fortress 2 clone. You have the distinct classes, the team- and objective-based combat, and...
Fable gets a second chance as a digital card game on Kickstarter
Fable Legends, a digital card game based on the fantasy series, has just started a campaign on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter. It is asking for $365,385. It comes from Flaming Fowl Studios, which was created by a team of former Lionhead Studios workers.
The origins and secrets of the Super Mario Galaxy games
A tech demo for the GameCube inspired the creation of Super Mario Galaxy for the Wii. You can learn more about that and other interesting...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Saying goodbye to Uncharted, and Overwatch launches
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we got to try out Civilization VI, Turner gets bullish on esports, and Game of Throne...
Minecraft-style Dragon Quest Builders is coming to the West for PlayStation 4 and Vita
Sony announced today that Dragon Quest Builders is coming to North America this October for PlayStation 4 and Vita. The announcement comes as part of the series 30th anniversary today, celebrating the release of the original Dragon Quest for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Doom has us shooting demons like it’s 1993 and loving it
At the beginning of the year, everyone at GamesBeat talked about which games in 2016 we were looking forward to the most. When our lead writer, Dean Takahashi, said Doom (which is out now for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC), I laughed at him. A simple shooter like Doom? In 2016?