League of War: VR Arena is arcadey take on strategy games for PSVR
League of War: VR Arena debuts as an exclusive on PlayStation VR. It’s an arcade combat strategy game where two players duel with each...
Xbox One X will have 70 4K enhanced games a week after launch
Microsoft launched its Xbox One X console around the world on Tuesday morning, billing the video game machine as the world’s most powerful console....
Southeast Asia’s PC online and mobile game revenue hits $2.2 billion in 2017
Southeast Asia’s PC online and mobile game revenue is projected to reach $2.2 billion by the end of 2017, and it could rise to...
VR developers pivot to location-based entertainment
Virtual reality in the home is taking off slower than expected, as evidenced by CCP Games’ decision to shut down VR game development. But...
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime opens BlizzCon with message of inclusivity
Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime opened the BlizzCon 2017 fan event today with a message of friendship and inclusivity. He delivered this amid the storms...
Pokémon Go creator Niantic acquires social mechanics startup Evertoon
Pokémon Go creator Niantic Labs has acquired a startup called Evertoon, which is exploring ways to add “social mechanics to digital products.” CEO Niantic...
Call of Duty: WWII — Sledgehammer Games’ best tips for getting good at multiplayer
Death is inevitable in Call of Duty multiplayer. But you can always find ways to survive longer in a multiplayer round, and we caught...
Call of Duty: WWII — Sledgehammer’s 3-year journey to bring Call of Duty back
Michael Condrey, studio head and cofounder of Sledgehammer Games, has just completed a three-year march to take Call of Duty back to the Second...
Call of Duty: WWII — How Sledgehammer put a serious twist on Nazi Zombies
Sledgehammer Games is known for well-paced storytelling. In Call of Duty: WWII, Sledgehammer applied its touch to the single-player campaign as well as to...
The DeanBeat: This week’s tale of the game juggernauts
Gamers have many ways to keep score. This column is about how I like to look at the game companies during the busy fall...