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...
How European game developers view unpaid ‘crunch,’ diversity, and VR
The Quo Vadis game development conference in Berlin has been good for judging the sentiment and state of the European game industry. That’s been...
Gazillion teams up with Ubitus to take Marvel Heroes 2016 to Asia
Gazillion has teamed up with cloud gaming service Ubitus to take Marvel Heroes 2016 to Asia. Taiwan-based Ubitus will take the popular massively multiplayer role-playing title across...
Five years in the making, Bolt Riley reggae adventure game debuts
After five years in the making, Bolt Riley: A Reggae Adventure Game, is debuting today on multiple platforms as an early access title. The...
Former Kabam COO Chris Carvalho carves a niche as a game startup adviser
You can think of Chris Carvalho as a game company accelerator. He started at mobile game company Kabam when it had just 25 people....
Lucky’s Tale creator Paul Bettner to speak on VR at GamesBeat Summit
We’re happy to be adding Lucky’s Tale creator Paul Bettner, the CEO of Playful, as a speaker for the second annual GamesBeat Summit 2016, an event that’s...
VR Bangers and AuraVisor to offer adult virtual reality content in hotel rooms
Virtual reality porn company VR Bangers has partnered with headset manufacturer AuraVisor to offer a headset preloaded with adult content in hotel rooms. The headset...