Doom creators John Romero and Adrian Carmack to make shooter Blackroom
John Romero and Adrian Carmack were two of the original creators of Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, and the first-person shooter genre of games in the...
Berlin’s TreasureHunt debuts zany Boomie Blast arcade mobile game
TreasureHunt, a Berlin-based game developer, is hoping to level up casual mobile games with the launch of its Bomberman-like Boomie Blast title on iOS...
Unity’s David Helgason on the open-versus-closed Windows debate
David Helgason, cofounder of Unity Technologies, and Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, are rivals in the game engine business. But they have similar...
Unity’s David Helgason on game design, VR, and mobile’s future
David Helgason cofounded Unity Technologies in 2003 to make a game engine that could help democratize game development. Over more than a decade, he...
Why Berlin’s ad tech startup Applift grew to 200 employees in 3.5 years
You may have heard of the Berlin Airlift. But how about the Berlin Applift? It’s not easy to get a return on your investment...
Epic Games’ Tim Sweeney will talk Windows openness and more at GamesBeat Summit
We’re happy to be adding Tim Sweeney as a mainstage speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s set for May 3 and May...
The DeanBeat: Saying so long to the Xbox 360 after a decade
Microsoft said so long to production for the Xbox 360 video game console this week. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, announced in a blog...
Handy Games CEO Chris Kassulke on crunch, VR, and mobile gaming
Germany’s Handy Games isn’t really well known on the global gaming stage. But it has been around for 16 years, and surviving that long...
India’s Nazara Games invests in U.K. mobile studio Mastermind Sports
Nazara Games, a mobile game developer and publisher in India, has invested in London-based mobile game studio Mastermind Sports. India is a small but...
Game deals rebounded in Q1, but mobile game investments plunged
Games deals rebounded in the first quarter of the year, with game startups raising more than $500 million, according to tech adviser Digi-Capital. But...